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Table 1 Characteristics of the sampled animals, sero-prevalence and outcomes of univariate analyses ( P≤ 0.1)

From: Sero-epidemiology of Peste des petits ruminants virus infection in Turkana County, Kenya

Sheep n= 431

Goats n= 538

Variable

Frequency

Sero-positive ( n )

% Sero-prevalence [95% CI]

Odds ratio [95% CI]

P-value

Frequency

Sero-positive ( n )

% Sero-prevalence [95% CI]

Odds ratio [95% CI]

P-value

Sex

    

0.323

    

0.024

Male

170

49

29 [22, 36]

1

 

215

73

34 [28, 41]

1

 

Female

261

87

33 [28, 39]

1.2 [0.8, 1.9]

 

323

141

44 [38, 49]

1.5 [1.1, 2.2]

 

Age

    

0.000

    

0.000

Young

64

27

42 [30, 55]

1

 

100

39

39 [30, 49]

1

 

Middle age

170

31

18 [13, 25]

0.3 [0.2, 0.6]

 

211

30

14 [10, 20]

0.2 [0.1, 0.4]

 

Adult

197

78

40 [33, 47]

0.9 [0.5, 1.6]

 

227

144

63 [57, 70]

2.4 [1.5, 4.0]

 

Vaccination status

    

0.000

    

0.014

No

374

100

27 [22, 32]

1

 

462

174

38 [33, 42]

1

 

Yes

57

36

63 [49, 76]

4.7 [2.6, 8.4]

 

76

40

53 [41, 64]

1.8 [1.1, 3.0]

 

Administrative division

    

0.000

    

0.000

Kaaleng

39

6

15 [6, 30]

1

 

65

19

29 [19, 42]

1

 

Kakuma

92

19

21 [13, 30]

1 [0.5, 2.0]

 

140

31

22 [16, 30]

0.5 [0.3, 1.0]

 

Kibish

100

38

38 [28, 48]

0.5 [0.2, 0.8]

 

98

54

55 [45, 65]

0.6 [0.3, 1.0]

 

Loima

50

16

32 [20, 47]

0.4 [0.3, 0.9]

 

63

24

38 [26, 51]

0.2 [0.1, 0.4]

 

Lokichogio

109

29

27 [19, 36]

0.3 [0.1, 0.8]

 

104

43

41 [32, 51]

0.3 [0.2, 0.7]

 

Oropoi

41

28

68 [52, 82]

3.5 [1.6, 7.6]

 

68

43

63 [51, 75]

1.4 [0.7, 2.6]

 
  1. For each risk factor, the odds ratio represented the effect of that level compared to the reference category (with an odds ratio of 1).