Table 2.
Risk of hemoplasma infections (outcome) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) associated with the presence of a pre-existing positive ELISA (FIV and/or FeLV-positive), compared to cats testing negative for both retroviruses (reference group)
| Outcome | Exposure (versus reference cats) | Odds ratio | 95% CI * | P-value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemoplasma | FIV | 4.25 | [1.45, 12.66] | 0.009 |
| FeLV | 0.41 | [0.06, 1.69] | 0.232 | |
| FIV/FeLV | 7.56 | [1.55, 37.56] | 0.014 | |
| Mhm † | FIV | 8.59 | [2.42, 35.39] | 0.001 |
| FeLV | 0.99 | [0.13, 5.30] | 0.988 | |
| FIV/FeLV | 18.25 | [3.32, 110.85] | 0.001 | |
| Mhf ‡ | FIV | 0.496 | [0.01, 4.42] ** | 0.902 ** |
| FeLV | 0.314 | [0.01, 2.74] ** | 0.500 ** | |
| FIV/FeLV | 1.678 | [0.03, 17.49] ** | >0.999 ** |
*
Profile-likelihood confidence intervals reported and P-values obtained from likelihood ratio test.
**
P-values and confidence intervals reported from exact test due to small sample sizes.
†
‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’.
‡
Mycoplasma haemofelis.