Ticks infesting humans and associated pathogens: a cross-sectional study in a 3-year period (2017–2019) in northwest Italy

Table 3 Results of the multivariate regression model

Number of ticks (log)	Coefficient	Standard error	P value	95% Confidence intterval
Life stage
Larvae	0.12	0.09	0.19	− 0.06 to 0.30
Nymph	0.25	0.04	0.000*	0.16 to 0.34
Female	0.08	0.05	0.067	− 0.01 to 0.17
Male	− 0.10	0.14	0.467	− 0.36 to 0.17
Year of collection
2018	0.10	0.03	0.002*	0.04 to 0.17
2019	0.11	0.04	0.002*	0.04 to 0.18
Habitat
Garden, lawn, park	0.15	0.05	0.002*	0.05 to 0.25
Urban site	− 0.14	0.18	0.442	− 0.49 to 0.21
Country side	− 0.06	0.28	0.834	− 0.61 to 0.49
Woodlands	0.09	0.05	0.057	0.00 to 0.19
Other	− 0.05	0.07	0.524	− 0.19 to 0.10
Bite site
Trunk	0.07	0.04	0.089	− 0.01 to 0.15
Upper limbs	− 0.07	0.05	0.135	− 0.17 to 0.02
Lower limbs	0.14	0.04	0.001*	0.06 to 0.22
Limbs	0.67	0.23	0.003*	0.22 to 1.12
Other	− 0.02	0.07	0.818	− 0.14 to 0.11
Not determined	− 0.06	0.08	0.465	− 0.22 to 0.10
_cons**	− 0.20	0.07	0.005	− 0.34 to −0.06

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