Table 3.
Variables significantly associated with the presence of C. jejuni sequence type (ST) 883 in the final multiple logistic regression with farm forced into the model as a confounder.
| ST |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | ST883 | Others | OR1 | 95% CI2 | p | |
| Farm | 0.45 | |||||
| Type of farm | Organic | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Conventional | 38 | 5 | 0.62 | 0.01-0.64 | 0.02 | |
| Calf housing | Individual | 40 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Group | 4 | 7 | 23.16 | 2.08-257.43 | 0.01 | |
| Within cows’ barn | 15 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Outside cows’ barn | 29 | 2 | 0.78 | 0.01-0.93 | 0.04 | |
1OR = odds ratio
2CI = confidence interval
Hosmer–Lemeshow for the model p = 0.77.