Socio-economic impacts of brucellosis on livestock production and reproduction performance in Koibatek and Marigat regions, Baringo County, Kenya

Table 6 Reported impact of swollen joints on socio-economic status

Variables	Swollen joints^a				χ²	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
	Yes		No
	n	%	n	%
Milk
High	13	12.7	24	12.8	28.4	< 0.0001*	2.881	1.733–4.790	< 0.0001*
Medium	31	30.4	114	6.06
Low	58	56.9	50	26.6
Meat and blood
High	12	11.8	22	11.7	16.1	< 0.0001*	1.561	0.921–2.644	0.980
Medium	38	37.2	113	60.1
Low	52	51.0	53	28.2
Fat
High	7	6.9	11	5.9	4.3	0.114	0.679	0.432–1.067	0.093
Medium	49	48.0	114	60.6
Low	46	45.1	63	33.5
Infertility
High	53	52.0	48	25.5	22.1	< 0.0001*	1.126	0.720–1.762	0.603
Medium	33	32.3	78	41.5
Low	16	15.7	62	33.0
Sale value
High	11	10.8	19	10.1	19.8	< 0.0001*	0.758	0.464–1.236	0.267
Medium	44	43.1	128	68.1
Low	47	46.1	41	21.8
Dowry
High	12	11.8	14	7.4	13.5	0.001*	1.093	0.684–1.746	0.711
Medium	35	34.3	107	56.9
Low	55	53.9	67	25.6
Cost of treatment
High	61	59.8	59	31.4	22.5	< 0.0001*	0.217	0.079–0.594	0.003*
Medium	40	39.2	122	64.9
Low	1	1.0	7	3.7

^aPearson Chi-square. *Statistically significant at P ≤ 0.05. OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval. OR generated through logistic regression analyses

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