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Table 1 Seroprevalence of T. gondii antibody and logistic regression analysis of risk factors for sheep

From: Seroepidemiology and associated risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep and goats in Southwestern Ethiopia

Risk factors

Total

No of positive

Univariable

Multivariable

Speciesa

  

COR (95% CI)

P-Value

AOR (95% CI)

P-Value

Sheep

252

148 (58.73%)

-

 

-

 

Goat

116

64 (55.18%)

-

 

-

 

Total

368

212 (57.60%)

    

Age

 Young (<1 year)

40

15 (37.5%)

1

 

1

 

 Adult (>1 year)

212

133 (62.7%)

2.8 (1.39,5.63)

0.004

2.5 (1.19,5.23)

0.015

Sex

 Male

99

46 (46.5%)

1

   

 Female

153

102 (66.7%)

2.3 (1.37, 3.87)

0.002

1.93 (1.11,3.36)

0.018

Altitude

 Highland

113

79 (69.9.9%)

5.07 (2.23,1163)

0.000

4.57 (1.75,12.66)

0.000

 Midland

104

58 (55.8%)

2.75 (1.22,6.19)

0.015

2.8 (1.23,6.54)

0.014

 Lowland

35

11 (31.4%)

1

  

-

  1. COR crude odd ratio, AOR adjusted odd ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. aSpecies, P = 0.213