Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antibiogram of Nontyphoidal Salmonella from Beef in Ambo and Holeta Towns, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Table 8

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with the contamination of meat with Salmonella in Ambo and Holeta towns, central Ethiopia.

Variables	Categories	AOR	95% CI	value
Age in years	≤24	1.0
	25–30	2.8	0.4–21.1	0.315
	≥31	6.5	1.1–39.3	0.040
Education	Secondary and above	1.0
	Primary	1.68	0.3–10.5	0.578
	Illiterate	8.0	1.0–64.3	0.049
Has training on food safety and hygiene	Yes	1.0
	No	5.7	1.6–20.8	0.008
Knows food safety and hygiene	Yes	1.0
	No	10.52	1.9–57.2	0.006
Sanitation of butcher/restaurants	Fair	1.0
	Good	3.69	0.9–15.8	0.078
	Poor	4.16	0.8–22.3	0.094

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. The values in bold are statistically significant.