Table 3.

Univariate mixed effect logistic regression analysis for association with a positive FMD rRT‐PCR result for the total study area

Variable	Type of variable	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p Value
1. FMD incidence	Categorical	4.21 (1.02–17.31)	.046
2. Tank volume (per 1,000 L)	Continuous	1.78 (1.25–2.54)	.002
3. Number of farmers contributing to the facility (per 100 farmers)	Continuous	1.27 (1.12–1.43)	<.001
4. Average number of adult female cows per farm	Continuous	0.99 (0.26–3.78)	.990
5. Percentage of farmers selling to a milk pooling facility	Continuous	1.04 (0.96–1.11)	.358
6. Average milk yield per cow	Continuous	0.48 (0.15–1.49)	.203

Abbreviation: FMD, foot‐and‐mouth disease.