Association between feline immunodeficiency virus and Leishmania infantum infections in cats: a retrospective matched case-control study

Table 6 Univariate and multivariate analyses of significant risk factors and clinical abnormalities according to L. infantum positivity

Variable	N	LR chi²	Coef	SE	P	CI	Model P
L.infantum IFAT	Univariate models
FIV positivity	273	9.96	1.017	0.322	0.002	0.386–1.648	0.002
L. infantum PCR positivity	273	14.19	2.101	0.554	0.000	1.014–3.187	0.000
Age group	273	4.77	0.481	0.223	0.031	0.0436–0.919	0.029
Oral lesions	234	9.32	1.020	0.336	0.002	0.361–1.679	0.002
Anemia	241	4.72	0.780	0.352	0.027	0.0909–1.469	0.030
Monocytosis	242	4.32	0.824	0.385	0.032	0.0703–1.578	0.038
L.infantum IFAT	Multivariate model
FIV positivity	273	23.01	0.993	0.334	0.003	0.338–1.646	0.000
L. infantum PCR positivity	273	23.01	2.064	0.560	0.000	0.046–3.181	0.000
L. infantum PCR	Univariate models
L.infantum IFAT positivity	273	14.19	2.101	0.554	0.000	1.014–3.187	0.000
Age group	273	6.05	0.947	0.405	0.020	0.152–1.742	0.014
BCS	219	7.92	-1.295	0.481	0.007	-2.239- (-0. 351)	0.005
Monocytosis	242	7.74	1.607	0.550	0.004	0.525–2.681	0.005
Eosinophilia	242	4.74	1.801	0.730	0.014	0.371–3.231	0.029

LR chi², likelihood ratio chi-square test; Coef, logistic regression coefficient; SE, standard error; P, P-value; CI, 95% confidence interval; Model P, P-value model

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