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Table 4 Factors associated with Listeria contamination

From: Isolation, discrimination, and molecular detection of Listeria species from slaughtered cattle in Namwala District, Zambia

Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Season Variation

  Dry

a(ref)

  

a(ref)

  

  Wet

7.40

0.005

2.71– 20.20

3.31

0.014

1.27 – 5.35

Abattoir

  1

a(ref)

  

a(ref)

  

  2

1.94

0.001

1.94 – 1.94

–1.75

0.001

(–2.06) – (–1.44)

  3

0.59

0.001

0.59 – 0.59

–2.99

0.001

(–3.32) – (–2.65)

  4

1

-

-

0

-

-

  5

1.89

0.001

1.89 – 1.89

–1.91

0.001

(–2.30 – (–1.51)

Sampling Site

      

  External

a(ref)

  

a(ref)

  

  Internal

1.65

0.463

2.97 – 9.17

–1.17

0.068

(–2.49) – (1.59)

  1. a (ref) means "represents the reference category when interpreting the OR"