Table 3.
Risk factors of Cryptosporidium related to water and sanitation in cattle in Addis Ababa and its environs, June/ 2014–Dec 2015 (N = 392).
| Risk factors | Category | Prevalence (%) | Adjusted OR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORa | 95%CIb | p value | |||
| Source of drinking water | Pipe | 10.3 | 0.003 | ||
| Well | 21.4 | 2.36 | 1.2–4.9b | ||
| River/stream | 24.8 | 2.86 | 1.5–5.5 | ||
| Disposal of farm waste water | To a field | 14.6 | 2.79 | 1.6–4.9 | 0.000 |
| To well | 32.2 | ||||
| Access to water | Free access | 14.3 | 2.11 | 1.1–4.0 | 0.018 |
| Limited | 26.0 | ||||
| Presence of other diseases | No | 16.4 | 5.10 | 2.3–11.6 | 0.000 |
| Yes | 50.0 | ||||
| Pen cleanness | Clean | 12.4 | 2.37 | 1.1–4.9 | 0.014 |
| Medium/unclean | 25.0 | ||||
| Cleanliness of hindquarter | Clean | 13.1 | 1.96 | 1.1–3.4 | 0.013 |
| Medium/unclean | 22.8 | ||||
| Pen type | Individual pen | 10.4 | 2.66 | 1.0–7.0 | 0.030 |
| Group pen | 23.6 | ||||
Odds ratio.
Confidence interval.