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Table 2 Significance of risk factors with Toxocara cati infestation

From: Parasites of domestic owned cats in Europe: co-infestations and risk factors

Variables

% (n) of cats postive forT. cati

χ² (chi-squared tests)

Origin

  

Alfort

6.3% (6)

p < 10−11

Liege

7.3% (4)

Vienna

9.8% (9)

Nantes

12.1% (11)

Madrid

12.9% (9)

Budapest

16.7% (50)

Bari

18.7% (56)

Cluj-Napoca

27.0% (81)

Naples

34.4% (74)

Age

  

<6 months

38.1% (85)

P < 10−15

6-24 months

26.6% (125)

>24 months

10.9% (88)

Outdoor access

  

Rare

11.5% (49)

P < 10−6

Frequent

23.0% (251)

Number of anthelmintic treatment per year

  

0

23.3% (100)

P = 0.001

1 or 2

22.2% (145)

More than 3

10.4% (18)

Number of other cats in the house

  

0

17.6% (81)

P = 0.001

1 or 2

15.5% (69)

 

3 or more

24.1% (139)