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Table 2 Results of the logistic regression analyses, Odds ratios (ORs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) and two-sided p-values are provided for the univariate and multiple models (Details see text). Note that the left column lists both units (for quantitative variables) or reference values for categorical variables in parenthesis

From: Brucellosis in pregnant women from Pakistan: an observational study

 

Univariate logistic models

Multiple logistic model

Variable [unit or reference (REF)]

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

Age [per year]

1.05 (0.99, 1.10)

0.093

1.03 (0.97, 1.09)

0.299

Rural city [REF urban]a

1.94 (0.86, 4.48)

0.110

1.34 (0.56, 3.24)

0.509

Medium socio-economic status [REF low]b

0.71 (0.28, 1.64)

0.437

  

Contact with animal [REF no contact]

6.77 (2.67, 16.34)

<0.001

5.21 (1.88, 13.75)

0.001

Raw milk intake [REF no raw milk intake]c

102.86 (27.35, 390.43)

<0.001

 

d

Contact with abortion in animals [REF no contact]c

2.36 (0.10, 18.69)

0.384

  

Contact with person with abortion [REF no contact]c

3.29 (0.76, 12.40)

0.091

 

d

Number of pregnancies [per one]

1.16 (0.89, 1.49)

0.265

  

Presence of abortion history [REF absence]

3.33 (1.15, 8.47)

0.016

1.57 (0.47, 4.64)

0.439

Experience of intrauterine fetal death [REF no experience]c

4.43 (1.00, 16.24)

0.050

 

d

  1. adefined as rural mean patients live in village and urban mean patients live in city
  2. bdefined as patient belong to middle class versus patients of poor families
  3. cresult of Fisher's exact
  4. dnot calculated due to too few observations