Table 2.
Results of multivariable logistic regression analysis showing association between coprological prevalence of trematodes and risk factors in cattle in and around Bahir Dar.
| Variable | Level | N |
Fasciola |
Paramphistomes |
Schistosoma |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) positive | OR (95% CI) | P value | No. (%) positive | OR (95% CI) | P value | No. (%) positive | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||
| Sex | Male | 185 | 33 (17.8) | 1 | 85 (45.9) | 1 | 28 (15.1) | 1 | |||
| Female | 184 | 41 (22.3) | 1.7 (0.981, 3.0) | 0.058 | 94 (51.1) | 1.4 (0.9, 2.3) | 0.132 | 23 (17.9) | 2.0 (1.1, 3.7) | 0.034 | |
| BC | Fat | 94 | 3 (3.2) | 1 | 35 (37.2) | 1 | 3 (3.2) | 1 | |||
| Medium | 124 | 24 (19.4) | 7.1 (2.0, 24.5) | 0.002 | 52 (41.9) | 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) | 0.652 | 14 (11.3) | 3.4 (0.9, 12.5) | 0.061 | |
| Lean | 151 | 47 (31.1) | 13.2 (3.9, 44.5) | 0.000 | 92 (60.9) | 2.5 (1.4, 4.4) | 0.002 | 44 (29.1) | 11.7 (3.5, 39.6) | 0.000 | |
| Age | ≥4 years | 241 | 41 (17.0) | 1 | 93 (38.6) | 1 | 44 (13.3) | 1 | |||
| <4 years | 128 | 33 (25.8) | 1.956 (1.1, 3.5) | 0.022 | 86 (67.2) | 3.9 (2.4, 6.3) | 0.000 | 17 (18.3) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.4) | 0.384 | |
| Breed | Cross | 193 | 28 (14.5) | 1 | 80 (41.5) | 1 | 17 (8.8) | 1 | |||
| Local | 176 | 46 (26.1) | 2.4 (1.3, 4.3) | 0.004 | 99 (56.3) | 2.5 (1.5, 4.0) | 0.000 | 44 (25.0) | 3.6 (1.8, 6.9) | 0.000 | |
| Overall | 369 | 74 (20.1) | 179 (48.5) | 61 (16.5) | |||||||
BC, body condition