Table 2.
Variable | Blood donor No. | Seropositivity (%) | Odds ratio (95% Confidence internal) | P-value |
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Geographical location | ||||
Unknown | 24 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.998 |
North of the Yangtze River | 3,045 | 1.44 | 0.4 (0.2–0.9) | 0.026∗ |
South of the Yangtze River | 303 | 4.62 | 1.3 (0.5–3.3) | 0.562 |
Yangtze River Province | 197 | 3.55 | 1 | |
Living in rural areas or city | ||||
City | 2,183 | 1.33 | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | 0.009∗ |
Rural areas | 1,386 | 2.59 | 1 | |
Cat in the household | ||||
Yes | 299 | 1.67 | 0.000 | 0.998 |
No | 3,270 | 1.83 | 1 | |
Cat in the neighborhood | ||||
Yes | 37 | 0 | 0.9 (0.4–2.3) | 0.841 |
No | 3,532 | 1.84 | 1 | |
Keep a dog | ||||
Yes | 773 | 1.16 | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | 0.127 |
No | 2,796 | 2.01 | 1 | |
Drink unboiled water | ||||
Yes | 1,340 | 2.46 | 1.7 (1.1–2.8) | 0.028∗ |
No | 2,229 | 1.43 | 1 | |
Undercooked beef meat/lamb consumption | ||||
Yes | 240 | 1.25 | 0.7 (0.2–2.1) | 0.496 |
No | 3,329 | 1.86 | 1 | |
Undercooked pork meat consumption | ||||
Yes | 46 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.998 |
No | 3,523 | 1.85 | 1 | |
Raw fish consumption | ||||
Yes | 585 | 1.71 | 0.926 (0.5–1.8) | 0.825 |
No | 2,984 | 1.84 | 1 | |
Fresh oyster consumption | ||||
Yes | 544 | 2.21 | 1.3 (0.7–2.4) | 0.467 |
No | 3,025 | 1.75 | 1 | |
Undercooked vegetables consumption | ||||
Yes | 2,198 | 1.55 | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 0.123 |
No | 1,371 | 2.26 | 1 | |
Gardening or agriculture | ||||
Yes | 644 | 4.04 | 3.1 (1.9–5.2) | 0.000∗ |
No | 2,925 | 1.33 | 1 | |
Blood transfusion | ||||
Yes | 41 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.998 |
No | 3,528 | 1.85 | 1 | |
Blood group type | ||||
Unknown | 2,275 | 1.84 | 2.9 (0.4–21.2) | 0.295 |
O | 437 | 1.83 | 2.9 (0.4–23.1) | 0.322 |
A | 304 | 3.29 | 5.2 (0.7–41.3) | 0.116 |
B | 398 | 1.01 | 1.6 (0.2–14.1) | 0.690 |
AB | 155 | 0.64 | 1 | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 1,360 | 1.91 | 1.1 (0.7–1.8) | 0.751 |
Female | 2,209 | 1.31 | 1 | |
Education level | ||||
Undergraduate | 2,756 | 1.63 | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 0.124 |
Postgraduate students | 813 | 2.46 | 1 | |
∗Statistically significant.