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. 2018 Jan;221(1):33–40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.09.014

Table 5.

Unadjusted and adjusted RRRs related to ownership (versus non-ownership) of large livestock, small livestock and poultry, and categorised numbers of animals owned within each group, for medium and high contamination categories in comparison to the no contamination category in Bangladesh. N = 2592 (unadjusted) and N = 2541 (adjusted).

Livestock type Ownership status/number owned 1–31 CFU
>31 CFU
1–31 CFU
>31 CFU
Unadjusted RRR
(95% CI)
p-value Unadjusted RRR
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted RRRa
(95% CI)
p-value Adjusted RRRa
(95% CI)
p-value
Large Non-owner Ref Ref Ref Ref
Owner 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.24 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 0.10 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.26 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 0.92
Small Non-owner Ref Ref Ref Ref
Owner 1.3 (0.8–1.6) 0.08 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 0.44 1.2 (1.0–1.6) 0.11 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.63
Poultry Non-owner Ref Ref Ref Ref
Owner 1.3 (1.0–1.6) 0.05* 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.15 1.2 (0.7–1.5) 0.10 1.1 (0.9–1.5) 0.35
Large 0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1–4 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.47 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 0.08 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.52 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.96
5+ 2.3 (1.3–4.2) 0.007* 1.1 (0.4–2.6) 0.89 2.4
(1.3–4.5)
0.004* 1.5 (0.6–3.8) 0.40
Small 0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1–4 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.14 0.8 (0.6–1.2) 0.30 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.18 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.83
5+ 1.5 (0.8–2.8) 0.26 1.2 (0.5–2.9) 0.73 1.5 (0.8–2.9) 0.25 1.4 (0.5–3.6) 0.52
Poultry 0 Ref Ref Ref Ref
1–7 1.2 (0.9–1.5) 0.21 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.25 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.43 1.2 (0.9–1.6) 0.28
8+ 1.5 (1.1–2.0) 0.01* 0.8 (0.5–1.1) 0.14 1.5 (1.1–2.1) 0.01* 1.0 (0.7–1.5) 0.93

Ref = reference category. *Statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05). aAdjusted for water source, presence of improved sanitation, water storage status and wealth quintile, but not other livestock ownership categories.