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. 2014 Sep 9;9(9):e107038. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107038

Table 2. Associations of age, sex and region with presence of various lesions in T. aduncus: results of multivariable exact logistic regression models.

Variable and level Age class Sex Region
Calf (<2 y) Juvenile (2–12 y) Adult (>12 y) male vs. female south vs. north
Pleuritis OR1 1* 1.54 0.26 6.50 1.17
95% C.I.2 - 0.19, 13.65 0.00, 2.53 0.98, 59.17 0.00, 11.33
p* - 0.952 0.270 0.053 1.000
Pulmonary pneumoconiosis OR 1* 1.00 9.52 1.50 3.00
95% C.I. - 0.00, ∞ 0.72, ∞ 0.04, ∞ 0.08, ∞
p - 0.085 0.800 0.500
Enteritis OR 1* 15.26 * 6.55 0.33 0.17
95% C.I. - 1.95, ∞ 0.82, ∞ 0.02, 3.78 0.00, 2.48
p - 0.006 0.080 0.573 0.303
Gastritis OR 1* 5.66 6.21 1.13 1.97
95% C.I. 0.57, 291.4 0.78, ∞ 0.14, 9.89 0.23, 26.05
p 0.201 0.090 0.141 0.785
Gastritis OR 1* 7.38 7.02 1.36 1.09
(compartments 1&2) 95% C.I. 0.76, 376.8 0.89, ∞ 0.17, 10.91 0.12, 10.17
p 0.104 0.066 1.000 1.000
Periportal fibrosis OR 1* 3.02 12.64 1.21 1.71
95% C.I. 0.30, 41.55 1.17, 223.9 0.13, 9.89 0.18, 15.94
p 0.482 0.033 1.000 0.884
Splenic tags OR 1* 2.20 4.33 2.01 7.75
95% C.I. 0.29, 18.27 0.42, 67.24 0.33, 14.21 1.10, 99.82
p 0.607 0.300 0.621 0.037
Splenic serositis OR 1* 2.81 5.41 11.07 3.3
95% C.I. 0.27, 40.96 0.37, 117.1 1.51, 152.0 0.36, 45.61
p 0.553 0.307 0.012 0.408
Cervical lymph node serositis OR 1* 1.42 4.77 7.42 3.90
95% C.I. 0.13, 15.20 0.36, 90.18 1.04, 95.28 0.45, 54.29
p 1.000 0.327 0.045 0.297
Mesenteric lymph node serositis OR 1* 2.85 16.82 3.56 0.94
95% C.I. 0.42, 23.36 1.92, ∞ 0.53, 29.82 0.10, 7.54
p 0.377 0.009 0.247 1.000
Endometritis OR 1* 0.92 8.10 0.92
95% C.I. 0.07, 9.14 0.87, ∞ 0.07, 9.14
p 1.000 0.067 1.000
Cardiac fibrosis OR 1* 13.97 51.63 4.29 0.71
95% C.I. 1.54, ∞ 5.35, ∞ 0.26, 280.2 0.04, 13.09
p 0.017 0.001 0.498 1.000
Myositis OR 1* 5.73 14.31 0.26 0.33
95% C.I. 0.20, 470.3 1.31, ∞ 0.00, 2.31 0.00, 3.55
p 0.473 0.029 0.246 0.381
Abdominal serositis OR 1* 4.05 11.18 3.00 0.73
95% C.I. 0.63, 35.27 1.37, ∞ 0.44, 26.62 0.08, 5.42
p 0.177 0.022 0.362 1.000
1

OR =  Odds ratio.

2

95% C.I.  = 95% confidence interval.

*statistically significant results (p<0.100) in bold.