Public Health Implications and Risk Factors Assessment of Mycobacterium bovis Infections among Abattoir Personnel in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Table 2

Risk analysis of some variables and other practices during work (use of protective clothing) among abattoir staff in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Variables	Use of protective clothing by respondents		OR	95% CI on OR	value
	Yes	No
Occupation of respondents
Butchers	12	33	0.34	0.13–0.90
Veterinarians	20	2	9.36	1.86–47.17
Animal scientists	6	5	1.13	0.28–4.47	^*0.0001
Other staff	16	15	^**1
Age group of respondents
16–25	9	7	7.29	1.51–35.23
26–35	28	15	10.58	2.67–41.99
36–45	14	16	4.96	1.20–20.55	^*0.0028
≥46	3	17	^**1
Sex of respondents
Males	47	51	0.26	0.05–1.33	0.161
Females	7	2	^**1
Duration of contact with cattle
<1 year	8	3	3.2	0.80–12.87	0.1835
1–3 years	6	4	1.8	0.47–6.83
>3 years	40	48	^**1
Duration of exposure to cattle carcasses
<1 year	17	4	6.74	2.06–22.04	^*0.0013
1–3 years	8	4	3.17	0.88–11.49
>3 years	29	46	^**1
Awareness that the disease can be contracted from cattle
Yes	52	51	2.03	0.36–11.62	0.4440
No	2	4	^**1
Awareness that humans contract TB from cattle
Yes	52	46	4.52	0.91–22.39	0.0930
No	2	8	^**1

regarded as significant; ^**reference values (1).