Table 3.

Single variable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with anti-HEV seropositivity

		Single variable analysisa			Multivariable analysisb
Variable		OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Population group	Jews	Ref.	–	–
	Bedouins	8.70	3.69–20.50	<0.001	24.02	6.62–87.18	<0.001
	Non-Bedouin Arabs	5.56	2.33–13.25	<0.001	7.75	2.32–25.88	0.001
Age group (years)	20–29	Ref.	–	–
	30–39	8.53	2.53–28.70	0.001	10.82	2.43–48.26	0.002
	⩾40	32.47	10.14–103.96	<0.001	77.57	18.23–330.07	<0.001
Gender	Female	Ref.	–	–
	Male	0.85	0.58–1.26	0.424	0.80	0.47–1.36	0.400
Socio-economic status	1–5	3.93	1.55–9.45	0.004	1.24	0.35–4.38	0.736
	6–10	Ref.	–	–

^aIn the single variable analysis, 820 samples were included for population group, age group and gender analyses and 595 in the socio-economic status.

^bIn the multivariable analysis, 595 samples were included.