Individual Subject Meta-Analysis of Parameters for Giardia duodenalis Shedding in Animal Experimental Models

Table 7

Bivariate analysis results for risk factors associated with diarrhoea outcome after Giardia infection.

Variable^1	𝑃 value	Statistical association between variable and presence of diarrhoea (Yes/No)^2
Isolate Source	<0.0001^3	Yes
Passage	0.35^3	No
Experimental Species	0.07^3	Yes
Age	0.35^3	No
Infective Stage	0.25^3	No
Giardia Dose	0.25^4	No
Administration Route	0.32^3	No

1Data sparseness prevented analytic calculations for Storage Time.
²Significant level ≤0.2.
³Mantel-Haenzel bivariate analyses not taking into account the correlation between studies.
⁴GLIMMIX bivariate analyses.