Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibilities and risk factors of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in dairy bovines

Table 4 Multivariable logistic regression analysis for risk factors associated with subclinical mastitis

Variable	B	S.E	OR	95% C.I. for OR		P value
Variable	B	S.E	OR	Lower	Upper	P value
Age (years)
2–4	0.223	0.363	1.25	0.613	2.547	0.540
> 4–8	0.920	0.288	2.51	1.428	4.414	0.001
Hand washing between milkings
No	1.881	0.286	6.56	3.745	11.503	< 0.0001
Parity						0.029
3–4	0.426	0.349	1.53	0.773	3.034	0.222
> 4	0.976	0.380	2.65	1.260	5.594	0.010
Lactation stage
> 60–120	0.283	0.379	1.33	0.631	2.789	0.456
> 120	0.998	0.389	2.71	1.266	5.813	0.010
Teat dipping
No	1.581	0.708	4.86	1.215	19.456	0.025
History of previous mastitis
Yes	1.073	0.333	2.93	1.523	5.620	0.001

B Logistic regression coefficient, SE Standard error, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

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