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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios CI 95 and significance of the p-value (Wald Test) from logistic regression models

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

 

Toxocara cati

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Otodectes cynotis

Ctenocephalides spp.

Center of examination

Maisons-Alfort

0.66 [0.23-1.62]

NS

  

0.30 [0.08-0.82]

*

2.10 [0.97-4.38]

NS (.)

Bari

2.51 [1.29-4.82]

**

0.64 [0.20-1.84]

NS

4.06 [2.75-6.06]

*

0.19 [0.07-0.43]

***

Budapest

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Cluj-Napoca

2.81 [1.82-4.39]

***

1.56 [0.64-3.83]

NS

0.45 [0.25-0.76]

**

1.43 [0.90-2.27]

NS

Liege

0.42 [0.12-1.13]

NS

  

0.22 [0.03-0.74]

*

5.30 [2.60-10.66]

***

Madrid

0.75 [0.24-1.97]

NS

  

0.53 [0.19-1.24]

 

0.64 [0.13-0.63]

NS

Nantes

1.30 [0.52-2.95]

NS

  

0.15 [0.02-0.52]

*

4.86 [2.46-9.51]

***

Naples

5.05 [3.07-8.43]

***

4.26 [1.96-9.81]

***

1.73 [1.09-2.74]

*

7.69 [4.60-13.02]

***

Vienna

0.79 [0.28-1.88]

NS

  

0.23 [0.07-0.59]

**

-

-

Age of cats

<6 months

2.12 [1.32-3.44]

**

-

-

0.72 [0.40-1.25]

NS

1.09 [0.62-1.93]

NS

6-24 months

1.00

-

-

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

>24 months

0.64 [0.43-0.93]

*

-

-

0.99 [0.70-1.42]

NS

1.50 [0.99-2.31]

NS

Outdoor access

Rare

0.41 [0.21-0.75]

**

0.22 [0.06-0.55]

**

0.35 [0.23-0.53]

***

0.26 [0.17-0.41]

***

Frequent

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

1.00

-

Multipet household

Number of other cats in the house

  

Multipet household

 

0

1.34 [0.89-2.01]

NS

  

No

1.11 [0.56-2.09]

*

No

1.25 [0.64-2.36]

NS

 

1-2

1.00

-

  

Yes

1.00

-

Yes

1.00

-

 

≥ 3

2.27 [1.54-3.36]

***

      

Treatments

Anthelmintic treatment per year (nb)

   

Anti-flea treatment per year (nb)

 

0

1.54 [1.05-2.27]

*

   

≤3

1.00

-

 

1-2

1.00

-

   

≥4

0.22 [0.13-0.37]

***

 

≥ 3

10.48 [0.27-0.83]

*

      

Interactions

>24 months + rare outdoor access

  

<6 months + single animal

>24 months + single animal

 

0.30 [0.10-0.81]

*

  

5.36 [1.92-15.23]

**

0.40 [0.17-0.92]

*

  1. ***0 < p < 0.001.
  2. **0.001 < p < 0.01.
  3. *0.01 < p < 0.05.
  4. NS 0.05 < p.
  5. (.) 0.05 < p < 0.1.
  6. The modalities taken as references for the statistical analysis are presented in bold.