Table 1 Leishmania spp. seroprevalence (rapid test results) analyzed by age, lifestyle and location
From: Mapping the canine vector-borne disease risk in a Mediterranean area
Variable | Descriptive statistics | Model-adjusted statisticsa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Positive (%) | 95% CI (%) | Mean ± SE (%) | 95% CI (%) | P-value | |
Total | 1154 | 176 (15.3) | 13.2–17.5 | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
≤ 3 | 527 | 69 (13.1) | 10.3–16.3 | 13.3 ± 2.7 | 6.8–24.2 | 0.2793 |
> 3–6 | 316 | 49 (15.5) | 11.7–20.0 | 16.2 ± 3.4 | 8.1–29.9 | |
> 6–12 | 292 | 52 (17.8) | 13.6–22.7 | 20.3 ± 4.0 | 10.4–36.0 | |
> 12 | 19 | 6 (31.6) | 12.6–56.6 | 33.7 ± 12.7 | 7.7–75.6 | |
Lifestyle | ||||||
Indoors | 550 | 65 (11.8) | 9.2–14.8 | 18.1 ± 3.1 | 10.2–30.1 | 0.5233 |
Outdoors | 604 | 111 (18.4) | 15.4–21.7 | 21.9 ± 5.4 | 9.3–43.4 | |
Location | ||||||
Crete* | 690 | 95 (13.8) | 11.3–16.6 | 14.9 ± 2.7 | 9.7–22.2 | 0.0051* |
Leros* | 270 | 20 (7.4) | 4.6–11.2 | 9.3 ± 2.6 | 4.7–17.4 | |
Paxoi* | 124 | 41 (33.1) | 24.9–42.1 | 38.4 ± 6.2 | 25.5–53.3 | |
Zakinthos | 70 | 20 (28.6) | 18.4–40.6 | 25.5 ± 11.1 | 8.2–56.8 | |