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Table 4 Factors associated with Brucellosis among 382 adults from agro-pastoral communities in Sengerema district

From: Predictors of specific anti-Brucella antibodies among humans in agro-pastoral communities in Sengerema district, Mwanza, Tanzania: the need for public awareness

Characteristics

Brucellosis

Unadjusted OR (95 % CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P value

Age (years)*

30 (IQR 20–44)

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

0.227

  

Sex

 Female (148)

11 (7.43 %)

    

 Male (234)

43 (18.38 %)

2.80 (1.39–5.63)

0.004

3.07 (1.45–6.51)

0.003

Occupation

 Students (117)

10 (8.5 %)

1

   

 Agro-pastoralists (245)

44 (18.0 %)

2.7 (1.35–5.72)

0.005

2.98 (1.38–6.43)

0.005

Keep cattle

 No (88)

11 (12.5 %)

    

 Yes (294)

43 (14.6 %)

1.20 (0.59–2.43)

0.616

  

Touch placenta

 No (289)

35 (12.1 %)

    

 Yes (93)

19 (20.4 %)

1.86 (1.01–3.45)

0.048

0.86 (0.42–1.75)

0.687

Touch goat placenta

 No (341)

43 (12.6 %)

    

 Yes (41)

11 (26.8 %)

2.5 (1.18–5.44)

0.016

2.10 (0.94–4.71)

0.069

Blood splash

 No (360)

49 (13.6 %)

    

 Yes (22)

5 (22.7 %)

1.87 (0.65–5.30)

0.240

  
  1. *Median