Age, season and spatio-temporal factors affecting the prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis and Taenia taeniaeformis in Arvicola terrestris

Table 3 Odds ratios of factors explaining prevalences of Echinococcus multilocularis and Taenia taeniaeformis in Arvicola terrestris

	*E. multilocularis*				*T. taeniaeformis* strobilocerci
	best model		2 ^nd best model		best model		2 ^nd best model		3 ^rd best model		4 ^th best model
Model factors	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age	1.13	1.06-1.20	1.13	1.06-1.20	1.13	1.08-1.20	1.13	1.07-1.20	1.13	1.07-1.20	1.13	1.07-1.20
Period
-Mar-Jun 07 vs Mar-Jun08	3.92	1.96-7.81	3.58	1.83-6.98					0.88	0.47-1.65
-Jul-Oct 07 vs Mar-Jun08	1.70	0.75-3.89	1.70	0.75-3.83					0.95	0.63-1.45
-Nov07-Feb08 vs Mar-Jun08	1.83	1.07-3.14	1.70	1.01-2.85					1.05	0.69-1.58
Area
-Area 1 vs 4	1.54	0.85-2.80	1.55	0.86-2.81	0.51	0.28-0.92	0.51	0.28-0.91	0.53	0.29-0.71	0.51	0.28-0.91
-Area 2 vs 4	8.60	3.60-20.50	8.63	3.61-20.66	1.05	0.45-2.46	1.09	0.46-2.55	1.07	0.45-2.51	1.06	0.45-2.48
-Area 3 vs 4	0.94	0.49-1.81	0.94	0.48-1.80	0.47	0.27-0.80	0.49	0.29-0.86	0.48	0.28-0.82	0.47	0.28-0.82
Mean day temperature	0.90	0.84-0.96	0.92	0.87-0.97			0.99	0.96-1.02
Mean precipitation			1.13	0.90-1.43							0.98	0.88-1.09
Constant	0.09	-	0.11	-	0.22	-	0.26	-	0.22	-	0.24	-

Shown are all odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) for the factors of the best models (ΔAICc < 2, N = 856).

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