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Table 3 Contact history of the participants

From: Associated factors in distinguishing patients with brucellosis from suspected cases

 

Confirmed case

n (%)

Suspected case

n (%)

People without brucellosis

n (%)

C vs S vs Pe

C vs S

C vs Pe

S vs Pe

X2

P

X2

P

X2

P

X2

P

Contact with animals

 Cattle

      

12.891

0.002

2.486

0.115

5.338

0.021

9.601

0.002

  yes

85

(8.58)

23

(6.02)

228

(11.32)

        

  no

906

(91.42)

359

(93.98)

1787

(88.68)

        

 Sheep

      

65.415

< 0.001

1.217

0.270

58.904

< 0.001

17.383

< 0.001

  yes

654

(65.99)

240

(62.83)

1032

(51.22)

        

  no

337

(34.01)

142

(37.17)

983

(48.78)

        

 Swine

      

9.649

0.008

9.742

0.002

2.532

0.112

4.785

0.029

  yes

64

(6.46)

44

(11.52)

163

(8.09)

        

  no

927

(93.54)

338

(88.48)

1852

(91.91)

        

 Deer

      

0.582

0.843

  yes

5

(0.50)

1

(0.26)

7

(0.35)

        

  no

986

(99.50)

381

(99.74)

2008

(99.65)

        

 Canine

      

2.376

0.305

  yes

162

(16.35)

59

(15.45)

287

(14.24)

        

  no

829

(83.65)

323

(84.55)

1728

(85.76)

        

Contact with substances

 Abortion products

      

213.426

< 0.001

1.945

0.163

194.577

< 0.001

72.951

< 0.001

  yes

446

(45.01)

156

(40.84)

414

(20.55)

        

  no

545

(54.99)

226

(59.16)

1601

(79.45)

        

 Dairy and meat

      

4.182

0.124

  yes

34

(3.43)

15

(3.93)

101

(5.01)

        

  no

957

(96.57)

367

(96.07)

1914

((94.99)

        

 Fur

      

43.090

< 0.001

0.011

0.915

35.375

< 0.001

16.015

< 0.001

  yes

649

(65.49)

249

(65.18)

1090

(54.09)

        

  no

342

(34.51)

133

(34.82)

925

(45.91)

        

 Feces

      

84.272

< 0.001

0.370

0.543

66.699

< 0.001

45.770

< 0.001

  yes

231

(23.31)

95

(24.87)

238

(11.81)

        

  no

760

(76.69)

287

(75.13)

1777

(88.19)

        

 Dust

      

15.424

< 0.001

2.490

0.115

15.426

< 0.001

0.977

0.323

  yes

305

(30.78)

101

(26.44)

485

(24.07)

        

  no

686

(69.22)

281

(73.56)

1530

(75.93)