Table 2.

Distribution of Salmonella and E. coli isolates among different attributes.

Attributes	No. of samples	Isolates
		E. coli			Salmonella spp.
		Growth rate	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Growth rate	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Areas
Narayanikinar	50	12 (24.00%)	1	–	11 (22.00%)	1	–
Hospital area	50	11 (22.00%)	0.89 (0.35–2.26)	0.812	8 (16.00%)	0.68 (0.25–1.85)	0.446
School/college area	50	18 (36.00%)	1.78 (0.74–4.25)	0.192	12 (24.00%)	1.12 (0.44–2.84)	0.812
Literacy
Literate	102	25 (24.51%)	0.17 (0.08–3.73)	0.000***	16 (15.69%)	0.41 (0.18–0.92)	0.030*
Illiterate	48	16 (33.33%)	1	–	15 (32.25%)	1	–
Personal Hygiene
Gloved	29	2 (6.90%)	0.16 (0.04–0.69)	0.014*	2 (6.90%)	0.24 (0.05–1.05)	0.057
Non-gloved	121	39 (32.23%)	1	–	29 (23.97%)	1	–
Cleaning material
Soap/Detergent	112	18 (16.07%)	0.13 (0.06–0.28)	0.000***	16 (14.29%)	0.25 (0.11–0.59)	0.001**
Water	38	23 (60.53%)	1	–	15 (39.47%)	1	–
Source of water used
Municipal water	94	21 (22.34%)	1	–	14 (14.89%)	1	–
Ground water (closed)	42	11 (26.19%)	1.23 (0.53–2.86)	0.625	9 (21.43%)	1.56 (0.62–3.95)	0.349
Ground water (open)	14	9 (64.29%)	6.26 (1.89–20.69)	0.002 **	8 (57.14%)	7.61 (2.29–25.32)	0.000***