Table 3.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis: Predictors for Pathogens infection among food handler’s (N = 376) working in Arba Minch University Students’ Cafeteria, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April–June 2015
| Variables | Negative No. (%) |
Positive No. (%) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finger nail status | ||||
| Not trimmed | 62 (69) | 28 (31) | 1.842 (1.049–3.233) | 0.033 |
| Trimmed | 230 (80.4) | 56 (19.6) | 1.00 | |
| Hand washing after toilet | ||||
| With water only | 115 (70) | 49 (30) | 2.079 (1.24–3.486) | 0.006 |
| With water and soap | 177 (83.5) | 35 (16.5) | 1.00 | |
| Touching food with bare hands | ||||
| No | 20 (46.5) | 23 (53.5) | 1.00 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 272 (82) | 61 (18) | 5.34 (2. 705–10.52) | |