Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in a public hospital in northern Mexico

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of characteristics of the pregnant women studied and their association with T. gondii infection.

Characteristic^a	Group	Adjusted odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	P value
Turkey meat consumption
	Yes	3.85^b	1.30–11.44	0.014
	No
Deer meat consumption
	Yes	0.8^b	0.04–16.47	0.9
	No
Squirrel meat consumption
	Yes	1.38^b	0.10–18.95	0.8
	No
Wild animal meat comsumption^c
	Yes	2.4^b	0.09–61.01	0.5
	No
Residence outside Durango
	Yes	4.25^b	1.72–10.49	0.001
	No
Blood transfusion
	Yes	28.9^b	0.00–250	0.8
	No
House with soil floors
	Yes	7.16^b	1.39–36.84	0.018
	No

^aThe variables included were those with a p < 0.20 obtained in the bivariate analysis.
^bAdjusted by age, occupation, housing conditions index, contact with cat and the rest of Characteristics included in this table.
^cIncluding deer, boar or squirrel.

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