Awareness of Foodborne Pathogens among Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Results of logistic regression for unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for association between student’s poor+ knowledge of foodborne pathogens and their sociodemographic characteristics ().
Factors
Unadjusted OR [95% CI]
Adjusted OR [95% CI]
value
Age
Above 30
1.00
1.00
30-26
1.15 [0.62-2.11]
2.23 [1.13-4.41]
0.020
25-20
1.51 [0.82-2.78]
1.18 [0.60-2.31]
0.629
Less than 20
1.62 [0.90-2.94]
3.04 [1.47-6.30]
0.003
Sex
Male
1.00
1.00
Female
0.69 [0.46-1.05]
0.46 [0.21-0.99]
0.048
Educational level
Master
1.00
1.00
Bachelor
1.36 [0.36-5.05]
1.96 [0.41-9.31]
0.394
Preparatory year
5.23 [1.32-20.70]
1.17 [0.27-5.06]
0.831
Field of study
Health sciences
1.00
1.00
Computer sciences
2.70 [1.33-5.46]
2.85 [1.36-5.99]
0.005
Administration and business
3.11 [1.65-5.84]
1.98 [0.93-4.24]
0.076
Languages and theoretical studies
4.08 [2.18-7.63]
3.62 [1.68 -7.78]
0.001
Others
9.91 [3.72-26.43]
5.89 [1.90-18.25]
0.002
Place of residence (city)
Riyadh
1.00
1.00
Abha
1.44 [0.85-2.43]
0.90 [0.36-2.23]
0.824
Dammam
0.50 [0.27-0.93]
0.62 [0.29-1.33]
0.223
Jeddah
0.99 [0.53-1.86]
0.85 [0.40-1.79]
0.679
Note: Independent variables for the multiple logistic regression model analysis included age, sex, education, field of study, and place of residence. +Students not able to recognize any one of the foodborne pathogens listed in this study. Statistically significant ().
