The epidemiology of porcine Taenia solium cysticercosis in communities of the Central Highlands in Vietnam

Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Risk factors associated with T. solium cysticercosis positive in pigs

Explanatory variable	Number of pigs		Regression coefficient (SD)	MC error	Adjusted OR (95% CrI)
Explanatory variable	Positive	Total	Regression coefficient (SD)	MC error	Adjusted OR (95% CrI)
Intercept	12	1281	-5.9800 (1.5480)	0.006	–
Coprophagy of human faeces:
No	3	941	Reference
Yes	9	340	2.6600 (0.8470)	0.004	2.57 (1.22–4.66)
Kind of food
Bran	6	1145	Reference
Scavenging	6	136	2.1400 (1.0320)	0.003	1.98 (0.55–4.74)^a
Random effects^b	Estimate	SD
Village	2.18	5.77

^aInterpretation: The odds of T. solium cysticercosis positive for pigs that scavenged food was 1.98 (95% credible interval 0.55–4.74) times that of pigs that did not scavenge for food
^bVariance and standard deviation (SD) of the variance of the village-level random effect

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