Table 2 Analysis of potential risk factors in seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic cats (1478) in 10 regions in China
From: Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii in urban cats from China
Variable | N (%) | OR c | 95% CI | χ2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||||
 Female | 606 (3.8) | 0.976 | 0.554–1.721 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
 Male | 695 (3.9) |  |  |  |  |
 Unknown | 177 (6.8) |  |  |  |  |
Age(years) | |||||
 ≤ 1 | 566 (2.3) | 0.300 | 0.152–0.592 | 12.176 | 0.000d |
 1 < Age ≤ 2 | 183 (6.0) | 1.629 | 0.795–3.336 | 1.299 | 0.254 |
 > 2 | 175 (8.6) | 2.832 | 1.453–5.520 | 8.824 | 0.003d |
 Unknown | 554 (4.2) |  |  |  |  |
Food | |||||
 Commercial cat food | 1134 (3.7) | 0.641 | 0.266–1.545 | 0.541 | 0.462 |
 Homemade cooked food | 5 (0) | NA | NA | 0.000 | 1.000 |
 Animal organs | 29 (3.4) | 0.884 | 0.118–6.640 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
 Othera | 72 (6.9) | 1.952 | 0.749–5.091 | 1.163 | 0.281 |
 Unknown | 238 (5.9) |  |  |  |  |
Water | |||||
 Tap water | 598 (4.7) | 1.445 | 0.798–2.618 | 1.149 | 0.284 |
 Filtered water | 529 (3.0) | 0.620 | 0.335–1.146 | 1.930 | 0.165d |
 Otherb | 49 (6.1) | 1.605 | 0.481–5.363 | 0.163 | 0.687 |
 Unknown | 302 (5.0) |  |  |  |  |
Lifestyle | |||||
 Domestic cats | 1478 (4.2) | 0.165 | 0.076–0.360 | 22.671 | 0.000d |
 Stray cats | 43 (20.9) |  |  |  |  |