Table 1 Sample sizes and apparent prevalence of each variable and modalities for dogs and cats, with the results of univariate statistics on apparent prevalence of all helminth’s species
Variables/Modalities | Dogs | Cats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Apparent prevalence (%) | [95% CI] | P-value | N | Apparent prevalence (%) | [95% CI] | P-value | |
Age | ||||||||
 ≤ 6 months | 85 | 29.4 | [20.1–40.3] | *** | 58 | 34.5 | [22.5–48.1] | *** |
 6–24 months | 110 | 16.4 | [10.0–24.6] | 163 | 18.4 | [12.8–25.2] | ||
 > 24 months | 219 | 9.1 | [5.7–13.8] | 204 | 5.9 | [3.1–10.0] | ||
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 213 | 12.7 | [8.5–17.9] | NS | 196 | 13.8 | [9.3–19.4] | NS |
 Female | 201 | 17.9 | [12.9–23.9] | 229 | 15.3 | [10.9–20.6] | ||
Reproductive status if ≥ 6 months | ||||||||
 Intact | 183 | 14.8 | [10.0–20.7] | · | 104 | 22.1 | 14.6–31.3] | *** |
 Neutered/spayed | 146 | 7.5 | [3.8–13.1] | 263 | 7.2 | [4.4–11.1] | ||
Other pets in the house | ||||||||
 Number of conspecific |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 - 0 | 262 | 13.0 | [9.2–17.7] | NS | 228 | 11.8 | [7.9–16.8] | NS |
 - 1 or 2 | 128 | 18.0 | [11.7–25.7] | 147 | 17.0 | [11.3–24.1] | ||
 - 3 or more | 24 | 25.0 | [9.8–46.7] | 47 | 19.1 | [9.1–33.3] | ||
 - NA |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |
Number of other dogs and cats | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 - No | 174 | 12.6 | [8.1–18.5] | · | 174 | 13.2 | [8.6–19.2] | * |
 - 1 or 2 | 169 | 13.6 | [8.8–19.7] | 178 | 11.8 | [7.5–17.5] | ||
 - 3 or more | 70 | 24.3 | [14.8–36.0] | 70 | 24.3 | [14.8–36.0] | ||
 -NA | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | |
Food type | ||||||||
 Kibbles/wet only | 278 | 15.5 | [11.4–20.3] | NS | 347 | 12.4 | [9.1–16.3] | * |
 Kibbles/wet + extra | 120 | 15.0 | [9.1–22.7] | 61 | 21.3 | [11.9–33.7] | ||
 Homemade incuding raw meat | 16 | 12.5 | [1.6–38.3] | 16 | 31.3 | [11.0–58.7] | ||
 NA |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Lifestyle/living environment | ||||||||
 Indoor |  |  |  |  | 202 | 6.9 | [3.8–11.4] | *** |
 Outdoor in city |  |  |  | 63 | 15.9 | [7.9–27.3] | ||
 Outdoor in countryside |  |  |  | 160 | 23.8 | [17.4–31.1] | ||
Living environment | ||||||||
 City | 152 | 6.6 | [3.2–11.8] | *** |  |  |  |  |
 Countryside | 261 | 20.3 | [15.6–25.7] |  |  |  |  | |
 NA | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lifestyle | ||||||||
 Indoor | 17 | 5.9 | [0.1–28.7] | NS |  |  |  |  |
 Outdoor limited | 211 | 15.6 | [11.0–21.3] |  |  |  |  | |
 Outdoor unlimited | 186 | 15.6 | [10.7–21.6] |  |  |  |  | |
Dog's activity | ||||||||
 Pet | 383 | 13.6 | [10.3–17.4] | ** |  |  |  |  |
 Hunting/herding | 31 | 35.5 | [19.2–54.6] |  |  |  |  | |
Time walking off-leash for dogs | ||||||||
 0% | 72 | 6.9 | [2.3–15.5] | * |  |  |  |  |
 < 50% | 174 | 16.7 | [11.5–23.1] |  |  |  |  | |
 50–100% | 131 | 14.5 | [9.0–21.7] |  |  |  |  | |
 100% | 36 | 27.8 | [14.2–45.2] |  |  |  |  | |
 NA | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Coprophagy | ||||||||
 Yes | 82 | 15.9 | [8.7–25.6] | NS |  |  |  |  |
 No | 330 | 14.8 | [11.2–19.2] |  |  |  |  |  |
 NA | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time since last deworming | ||||||||
 1–3 months ago | 148 | 13.5 | [8.4–20.1] | * | 100 | 10.0 | [4.9–17.6] | ** |
 3–6 months ago | 116 | 14.6 | [8.8–22.4] | 93 | 12.9 | [6.8–21.4] | ||
 6–12 months ago | 65 | 10.8 | [4.4–20.1] | 60 | 5.0 | [1.0–13.9] | ||
 >12 months / Never | 69 | 27.5 | [17.5–39.6] | 147 | 22.4 | [16.0–30.1] | ||
 NA | 16 |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  |