Table 2 Ehrlichia canis/E. ewingii 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 (%) | LSM ± SE (%) | 95% CI (%) | P-value | |
Total | 1154 | 87 (7.5) | 6.1–9.2 | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
≤ 3 | 527 | 36 (6.8) | 4.8–9.3 | 6.8 ± 1.1 | 5.0–9.3 | 0.4245 |
> 3–6 | 316 | 28 (8.9) | 6.0–12.6 | 8.9 ± 1.6 | 6.2–12.5 | |
> 6–12 | 292 | 20 (6.8) | 4.2–10.4 | 6.8 ± 1.5 | 4.5–10.4 | |
> 12 | 19 | 3 (15.8) | 3.4–39.6 | 15.8 ± 8.4 | 5.2–39.2 | |
Lifestyle | ||||||
Indoors | 550 | 45 (8.2) | 6.0–10.8 | 8.2 ± 1.2 | 6.2–10.8 | 0.9994 |
Outdoors | 604 | 42 (7.0) | 5.1–9.3 | 7.0 ± 1.0 | 5.2–9.3 | |
Location | ||||||
Crete | 690 | 47 (6.8) | 5.0–9.0 | 7.6 ± 1.6 | 5.0–11.5 | 0.0014* |
Leros* | 270 | 40 (14.8) | 10.8–19.6 | 18.2 ± 3.6 | 12.2–26.3 | |
Paxoi | 124 | 0 (0) | 0–2.9 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0–2.9 | |
Zakinthos | 70 | 0 (0) | 0–5.1 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0–5.1 | |