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. 2019 Aug 16;12:516. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4557-9

Table 1.

Association of various variables with the rate of bacterial contamination

S. no. Attributes Sample from No. of sample Isolates
E. coli Salmonella
Contaminated sample p-value Contaminated sample p-value
1 Grades Grade A 72 4 (5.55%) 14 (19.44%)
Grade B 72 10 (13.88%) 0.015* 22 (30.55%) 0.015*
Grade C 72 15 (20.83%) 30 (41.64%)
2 Literacy Literate 207 25 (12%) 0.021* 60 (29%) 0.025*
Illiterate 9 4 (44%) 6 (66.7%)
3 Personal hygiene Gloved 54 2 (3.7%) 0.016* 1 (5.6%) 0.015*
Non-gloved 162 27 (16.67%) 65 (32.8%)
4 Cleaning materials Soap/detergent 171 19 (11%) 0.052 46 (26.9%) 0.023*
Water 45 10 (22.2%) 20 (44.4%)

* Significant at 5% level of significance