Table 2.

Factors associated with prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in farmed foxes in northern China

Factor	Category	No. tested	No. positive	% (95 % CI)	OR (95 % CI)	P-value
Region	Jilin Province	91	6	6.10 (0.92–11.28)	Reference	0.02
	Heilongjiang Province	70	6	8.57 (2.01–15.13)	1.33 (0.41–4.31)
	Hebei Province	141	25	17.73 (11.43–24.04)	3.05 (1.20–7.77)
Farming mode	Indoor	156	9	5.77 (2.11–9.43)	Reference	<0.0001
	Outdoor	146	38	26.03 (18.91–33.15)	5.75 (2.67–12.39)
Gender	Male	139	16	11.51 (6.21–16.82)	Reference	0.72
	Female	163	21	12.88 (7.74–18.03)	1.14 (0.57–2.28)
Age	Pre-weaned	64	6	9.38 (2.23–16.52)	Reference	0.39
	Young	180	21	11.67 (6.98–16.36)	1.28 (0.49–3.32)
	Adult	58	10	17.24 (7.52–26.96)	2.01 (0.68–5.94)
Total		302	37	12.25 (8.55–15.95)