Table 5.
Occurrence of taeniasis in relation to risk factors.
| Risk factor (N = ) | Taeniasis |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male (118) | 19 | 99 | 4.030 (1.758–9.239) | 0.001* |
| Female (198) | 9 | 189 | ||
| Age | ||||
| <30 (55) | 6 | 49 | 1.330 (0.513–3.452) | 0.556 |
| ≥30 (261) | 22 | 239 | ||
| Raising Pigs | ||||
| Yes (194) | 25 | 169 | 5.868 (1.732–19.882) | 0.001* |
| No (122) | 3 | 119 | ||
| Method of raising pigs | ||||
| Free (86) | 19 | 67 | 7.562 (2.892–19.772) | 0.001* |
| Crated/Restrained (166) | 6 | 160 | ||
| History of faecal excretion of tapeworm proglottids | ||||
| Yes (90) | 17 | 73 | 4.552 (2.038–10.166) | 0.001* |
| No (226) | 11 | 215 | ||
| History of raw pork consumption | ||||
| Yes (234) | 26 | 208 | 5.000 (1.160 – 21.555) | 0.022* |
| No (82) | 2 | 80 | ||
| History of raw beef consumption | ||||
| Yes (86) | 11 | 75 | 1.838 (0.823 – 4.101) | 0.180 |
| No (228) | 17 | 213 | ||
| Method of defecation | ||||
| Open defecation (46) | 5 | 41 | 1.310 (0.471–3.639) | 0.604 |
| Toilet (270) | 23 | 247 | ||