Investigation of Strongyle Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Horses in and around Alage District, Ethiopia

Table 4

Multivariable analysis of potential risk factors associated to Strongylosis.

Factor	Test result		Bivariate			Multinomial logistic regression
	Negative	Positive	OR	CI lower-upper	value	OR	CI lower-upper	value
Age
Young	141	119	4.66	2.22–9.76	0.000	0.112	0.044–0.284	0.000
Adult	191	112	1.17	0.62–2.24	0.627	0.536	0.288–0.957	0.049
Old	52	27	Ref.	Ref.
Body condition
Poor	80	8	9.63	3.77–24.63	0.000	0.209	0.100–0.437	0.000
Medium	258	91	1.93	1.03–3.60	0.039	0.830	0.439–1.57	0.568
Good	57	27	Ref.	Ref.

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; Ref.: reference.