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) | ||
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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) | Â | Â |