TABLE 3.

Number and percentage of red deer with STEC according to age, sex, anthropisation level of the SNP (macroarea) and winter season of collection

Variable	Category	No. tested	No. with STEC (% STEC prevalence; 95% C.I.)
Age	Calves	63	19 (30.2; 18.8–41.5)*
	Yearling	31	2 (6.5; 0.1–15.1)*
	Adult	107	19 (17.8; 10.5–25.0)
Sex	Female	123	25 (20.3; 13.2–27.4)
	Male	78	15 (19.2; 10.5–28.0)
Anthropsation level SNP	Low	47	12 (25.5; 13.1–38.0)
	Medium	58	8 (13.8; 4.9–22.7)
	High	96	20 (20.8; 12.7–29.0)
Winter season of collection	2016–2017	65	12 (18.5; 9.0–27.9)
	2017–2018	136	28 (20.6; 13.8–27.3)

^*Significant difference between categories of the same variable (p < 0.05).