Table 3.
Test of association and multivariable logistic regression analyses of perceived likelihood of brucellosis exposure risk with respect to contact with various animal species during veterinary practice in the study on comparative exposure risk to brucellosis amongst veterinary personnel in Punjab, India during 2015.
| Number of participants | Likely (%) | Univariable analysis/ test of association |
Multivariable analyses |
Model adjustment⁎ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95%CI) | P value | Adjusted OR |
P value | ||||
| (95%CI) | |||||||
| Q. What do you think is your likelihood of exposure to brucellosis from small animal (dog/cat) practice? | 0.06 | 0.1 | Adjusted for gender | ||||
| Animal Handler | 88 | 31(35.2) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.5 (0.3–0.9) | |||
| Para-veterinarians | 130 | 42(32.3) | 0.4(0.2–0.8) | 0.6(0.3–1.1) | |||
| Veterinarian | 62 | 32(51.6) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Q. What do you think is your likelihood of exposure to brucellosis from cattle practice? | 0.001 | 0.008 | Adjusted for tehsil, location and age | ||||
| Animal Handler | 92 | 85 (92.4) | 0.6 (0.1–2.3) | 0.6 (0.1–3.3) | |||
| Para-veterinarians | 134 | 134 (100) | – | – | |||
| Veterinarian | 67 | 64 (95.5) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Q. What do you think is your likelihood of exposure to brucellosis from equine practice? | 0.09 | 0.2 | Adjusted for gender | ||||
| Animal Handler | 89 | 22 (24.7) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 0.5 (0.3–1.1) | |||
| Para-veterinarians | 132 | 33 (25.0) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | |||
| Veterinarian | 89 | 24 (39.3) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Q. What do you think is your likelihood of exposure to brucellosis from swine practice? | 0.09 | 0.15 | Adjusted for gender | ||||
| Animal Handler | 87 | 18 (20.7) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) | |||
| Para-veterinarians | 128 | 30 (23.4) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) | |||
| Veterinarian | 61 | 22 (36.1) | Ref | Ref | |||
| Q. What do you think is your likelihood of exposure to brucellosis from sheep and goat practice? | 0.006 | 0.004 | Adjusted for tehsil and age | ||||
| Animal Handler | 87 | 30 (34.5) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 0.3 (0.2–0.7) | |||
| Para-veterinarians | 131 | 52 (39.7) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | |||
| Veterinarian | 64 | 38 (59.4) | Ref | Ref | |||
⁎
The association was individually tested for each demographic predictor and only the factors that yielded p value of ≤ 0.25 were adjusted in the final model for association of the occupation with the response variable.