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. 2013 May 13;9:102. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-102

Table 3.

Factors associated with ownership of a ‘Pit Bull or cross’ or a ‘Bull Breed’ dog

Outcome (predictor variable) No (n or median) Yes (n or median) Crude OR Crude 95%CI Crude P Adjusted OR Adjusted 95% CI Adjusted P
a) Pit Bull or cross
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Male
160
13
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Female
176
7
0.49
0.19-1.26
0.14
0.49
0.15-1.59
0.23
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   White
269
15
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Non-white
19
4
3.78
1.14-12.50
0.03
3.96
0.99-15.76
0.05
Sibling status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Neither
162
10
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Single
37
1
0.44
0.05-3.53
0.44
0.79
0.08-7.46
0.84
   Youngest
146
8
0.89
0.34-2.31
0.81
0.93
0.29-3.01
0.90
Deprivation score
46.98
66.40
1.07
1.03-1.11
0.001
1.06
1.02-1.11
0.01
b) Bull Breed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Male
124
48
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Female
134
49
0.94
0.59-1.51
0.81
1.04
0.60-1.82
0.88
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   White
206
77
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Non-white
14
9
1.72
0.72-4.41
0.23
0.99
0.35-2.81
0.99
Sibling status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Neither
119
52
1
 
 
 
 
 
   Single
31
7
0.52
0.21-1.25
0.14
0.62
0.22-1.70
0.35
   Youngest
115
39
0.78
0.48-1.26
0.31
0.59
0.33-1.06
0.08
Deprivation score 41.55 55.05 1.03 1.02-1.05 <0.001 1.03 1.01-1.05 <0.001

a) n=274. Hosmer-lemeshow=0.20.

b) n=274. Hosmer-lemeshow=0.13.

Bull Breed defined as for example Pit Bull or Staffordshire Bull Terrier or American Bulldog, including crosses of these.