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. 2018 Sep 5;5(9):180479. doi: 10.1098/rsos.180479

Table 1.

Univariable logistic regression analysis of demographic, biological and other risk factors associated with anthrax transmission, Northern Tanzania 2016. Results are given as the OR with the corresponding p-values.

variable variable description, n (%) dataset, OR (p-value) age quantiles (years)
1–20
OR (p-value)
21–30
OR (p-value)
31–40
OR (p-value)
≥41
OR (p-value)
demographic characteristics
 education some education, 35 (30) 0.4 (0.02)a 6 (0.001)a 0.1 (0.05)a 0.4 (0.32) 2.1 (0.31)
not educated, 83 (70)
 sex male, 70 (59) 0.8 (0.70) 3.0 (0.06)a 0.5 (0.5) 1.3 (0.70) 0.9 (0.9)
female, 48 (41)
 occupation risky, 112 (95) 1.0 (1.00) omitted omitted omitted omitted
not risky, 6 (5)
biological factors
 skinning/burying yes, 75 (64) 1.6 (0.18)a 3.3 (0.27) 0.7 (0.74) 0.6 (0.53) 4.2 (0.09)a
no, 43 (36)
 contact with livestock yes, 78 (66) 6.1 (0.00)a 2.5 (0.47) 3.8 (0.14)a 14.6 (0.01)a 3.1 (0.18)a
no, 40 (34)
 contact with animal products yes, 78 (66) 6.1 (0.00)a 12.0 (0.04)a 4.6 (0.09)a 4.4 (0.10)a 3.1 (0.18)a
no, 40 (34)
 history of travel yes, 9 (8) 1.2 (0.72) omitted omitted omitted 0.4 (0.50)
no, 109 (92)
 sleeping materials mattress, 64 (54) 2.6 (0.01)a 5.5 (0.13)a 3.25 (0.15)a 1.3 (0.71) 0.5 (0.56)
animal skins, 54 (46)
other variables
 source of animal feeds risky, 82 (69) 0.6 (0.02)a 0.3 (0.16)a 0.81 (0.66) 0.7 (0.4) 0.9 (0.8)
not risky, 36 (31)
 knowing animal's vaccine preventable diseases yes, 30 (25) 0.3 (0.04)a 0.7 (0.7) omitted 0.27 (0.27) 1.3 (0.74)
no, 88 (75)
 animal died at compound yes, 65 (55) 13.16 (0.00)a 75.0 (0.01)a 14.8 (0.01)a 28.8 (0.00)a 1.5 (0.56)
no, 53 (45)
 disposal of animal carcasses consume, 64 (54) 14.37 (0.00)a 75.0 (0.01)a 14.8 (0.01)a 28.8 (0.00)a 2.13 (0.33)
not applicable, 54 (46)
 source of meat home slaughter, 71 (60) 1.9 (0.09)a 2.5 (0.4) 1.8 (0.40) 1.4 (0.6) 0.6 (0.5)
from the butcher, 47 (40)
 keep animals yes, 94 (80) 3.87 (0.01)a 8.3 (0.16)a 1.75 (0.54) 3.6 (0.26) 2.6 (0.31)
no, 14 (20)
 keep dogs yes, 73 (62) 3.5 (0.002)a 25 (0.02)a 3.8 (0.14)a 1.6 (0.52) 1.2 (0.8)
no, 45 (38)

aCandidate variables.