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Table 1 Region and age distributions of Blastocystis subtypes in farmed Myocastor coypus in China

From: Occurrence and subtyping of Blastocystis in coypus (Myocastor coypus) in China

Variables

No. of farmed M. coypus

No. of subtypes

Total prevalence (% positive/total)

P-value

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

ST4

ST5

Unknown ST

Location

 Baoding, Hebei Province

35

3

1

 

11.4 (4/35)

0.347

2.839 (0.297–27.160)

 Anyang, Henan Province

101

14

1

8

22.8 (23/101)

0.044

6.487 (0.829–50.759)

 Kaifeng, Henan Province

52

10

  

19.2 (10/52)

0.093

5.238 (0.629–43.611)

 Chengdu, Sichuan Province

40

   

0.0 (0/40)

0.184

–-

 Yongzhou, Hunan Province

23

 

1

 

4.3 (1/23)

Reference

Reference

 Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province

35

   

0.0 (0/35)

0.213

–-

 Laibin, Guangxi Autonomous Region

22

6

  

27.3 (6/22)

0.034

8.250(0.903–75.414)

Age (months)

  < 3

65

8

2

6

24.6 (16/65)

Reference

Reference

 3–6

47

8

 

1

19.1 (9/47)

0.494

0.725 (0.289–1.820)

  > 6

196

17

1

1

9.7 (19/196)

0.003

0.329 (0.157–0.687)

Total

308

33

3

8

14.3 (44/308)

  
  1. ST Subtype