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Table 2 Factors influencing the prevalence of Pentatrichomonas hominis among wild rodents, including environmental, ecological, and demographic variables

From: Prevalence of Pentatrichomonas hominis infection in wild rodents

Variables

Categories

*/total

Positive rate

Heterogeneity

OR (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

χ2/df/I2(%)/P

 

Hunan Province

3/319

0.94 (1.20–2.37)

 

Reference

Region

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

0/103

0.00 (-)

 

-

Yuanan Procince

16/88

18.18 (10.74-27)

37.67/2/94.70/< 0.0001

23.41 (6.64–82.47)

Species

Microtus fortis

1/287

0.35 (0.00-1.49)

43.51/8/81.60/< 0.0001

Reference

Bandicota indica

1/39

2.56 (0.00-10.68)

7.20 (0.46-112.85)

Rattus norvegicus

3/41

7.32 (0.96–17.72)

21.00 (2.13-206.69)

Rattus rattus sladeni

2/5

40.00 (1.85–86.22)

114.80 (8.89-1482.21)

Rattus flavipectus

9/39

23.08 (11.00-37.76)

66.23 (8.17-537.02)

Rattus losea

0/41

0.00 (-)

-

Apodemus agrarius

2/22

9.10 (0.18–25.49)

26.09 (2.28-299.13)

Niviventer lotipes

0/23

0.00 (-)

-

Mus musculus

1/13

7.69(0.00-30.13)

22.08 (1.31-372.97)

Season

Winter

0/103

0.00 (-)

37.67/2/94.70/< 0.0001

Reference

Summer

3/319

0.94(0.12–2.73)

0.44 (0.02–8.53)

Autumn

16/88

18.18(10.74-27.00)

23.41 (6.64–82.47)

Gender

Male

8/272

2.94 (1.21–5.34)

0.98/1/0/0.3232

Reference

Female

11/238

4.62 (2.27–7.71)

1.60 (0.63–4.04)

Environment

Lakeshore

1/312

0.32 (0.00-1.37)

47.59/2/95.80/< 0.0001

Reference

Mountain

0/103

0.00 (-)

-

Farmland

18/95

18.95 (11.63–27.51)

72.70 (9.56-553.04)

Total

 

19/510

3.73 (2.26–5.76)

  
  1. *:The number of positive samples out of the total number of samples tested
  2. CI: Confidence intervval. P: p-value. df: dgree of freedom