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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Food Res Int. 2024 Nov 27;200:115424. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115424

Table 6:

Analysis of traditional market stall characteristics and quantitative Campylobacter results by culture and qPCR using the U Mann-Whitney test, showing only variables with strong evidence of association.


Culture qPCR

Variables Mean (Log10 CFU/g) U Mann-Whitney test p-value Mean (Log10 GC/g) U Mann-Whitney test p-value

Stall with a refrigerator to store meat
Yes 0.77 0.05 3.47 0.032
No 1.49 4.52
Stall with tap water
Yes 1.24 0.029 4.48 < 0.001
No 0.59 2.87