Table 2 Associated factors for anti-Toxocara spp. (IgG) antibodies in correctional officers at a women’s penitentiary in Southern Brazil (N = 87) by univariate statistical analysis.
From: Risk factors for toxocariasis during incarceration: the One Health intervention approach
Variables | Anti-Toxocara antibodies | Univariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (n = 28) | Negative (n = 59) | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Ethnicity | 0.493 | |||
White | 11 (40.7) | 18 (30.5) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Non-white | 16 (59.3) | 41 (69.5) | 0.64 (0.25–1.69) | |
Education | 1.0 | |||
Graduate or elementary school | 21 (75.0) | 45 (76.3) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
High School | 7 (25.0) | 14 (23.7) | 1.08 (0.36–3.05) | |
Use of the outdoor sunlight yard | 0.261 | |||
No | 10 (43.5) | 20 (62.5) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 13 (56.5) | 12 (37.5) | 2.13 (0.71–6.60) | |
Contact with cats in prison | 0.636 | |||
No | 10 (35.7) | 22 (44.0) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 18 (64.3) | 28 (56.0) | 1.40 (0.54–3.77) | |
Washing hands before meals | 0.325 | |||
No | 1 (3.70) | 0 (0.00) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 26 (96.3) | 56 (100) | . (.–.) | |
Having meals served in the prison Restaurant | 0.379 | |||
No | 6 (21.4) | 19 (33.3) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 22 (78.6) | 38 (66.7) | 1.80 (0.64–5.65) | |
Drinking water at the prison | 1.0 | |||
No | 5 (17.9) | 12 (20.3) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 23 (82.1) | 47 (79.7) | 1.16 (0.37–4.10) | |
Ingesting raw/undercooked meat | 0.280 | |||
No | 20 (74.1) | 35 (59.3) | 1.0 (ref.) | |
Yes | 7 (25.9) | 24 (40.7) | 0.52 (0.18–1.39) | |
