Table 3.
Risk factors of toxocariasis in eosinophilia patients based on the questionnaire survey
| Risk factors | Rate (%) by Toxocara ELISA in | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Positive cases (n=18) | Negative cases (n=53a) | |||
| Univariate logistic regression | ||||
| Maleb | 16 (88.9) | 24 (45.3) | 9.667 (2.019–46.293) | 0.0045 |
| Age (yr) | 61.11±9.603 | 56.60±13.193 | 1.031 (0.985–1.080) | 0.1872 |
| Living with a partner | 11.8 | 15.7 | 0.717 (0.137–3.759) | 0.6936 |
| Living in a house with a yard | 27.8 | 19.6 | 1.308 (0.375–4.561) | 0.6739 |
| Preference for raw meatb | 72.2 | 30.8 | 5.850 (1.784–19.185) | 0.0036 |
| Raw meat | 55.6 | 22.6 | 4.271 (1.379–13.228) | 0.0118 |
| Raw liver | 33.3 | 11.3 | 3.917 (1.071–14.329) | 0.0391 |
| Raw omasum | 55.6 | 15.1 | 7.031 (2.127–23.246) | 0.0014 |
| Eating raw meat (>1/month)b | 44.4 | 7.7 | 9.600 (2.415–38.164) | 0.0013 |
| History of contact with animals | 22.2 | 39.2 | 0.443 (0.127–1.538) | 0.1999 |
| Raising pets | 18.2 | 35.4 | 0.405 (0.078–2.094) | 0.2810 |
| Currently smoking | 38.5 | 15.2 | 3.482 (0.879–13.798) | 0.0757 |
| Drinking >75.6 g of alcohol per timeb | 33.3 | 12.2 | 2.527 (1.091–5.852) | 0.0305 |
| Drinking alcohol (>3/week) | 33.3 | 16.7 | 1.657 (0.995–2.760) | 0.0520 |
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| Multivariate logistic regression | ||||
| Maleb | 21.876 (1.667–287.144) | 0.0188 | ||
| Preference for raw meatb | 5.899 (1.004–34.669) | 0.0495 | ||
| Drinking >75.6 g of alcohol per timeb | 8.767 (1.018–75.497) | 0.0481 | ||
a
Ten patients who were positive for parasites other than T. canis were excluded to prevent the inappropriate confounding of the results from the survey with other possible causes by other parasites.
b
Statistically significant.