Research Article

Seroprevalence of Toxocariasis and Its Associated Risk Factors among Adult Population in Kavar District, Fars Province, South of Iran: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Seroepidemiological Survey

Table 3

Univariate and multivariable logistic regression for risk factors of toxocariasis.

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariable analysis
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Age (continues)0.99 (0.96–1.02)0.547
Sex (female vs. male)1.85 (1.08–3.16)0.025
Learning disabilities (yes vs. no)4.08 (1.61–10.33)0.0033.32 (1.29–8.52)0.013
Job (housewives vs. others)2.19 (1.28–3.75)0.0042.04 (1.18–3.51)0.010

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio. value <0.05 was considered significant. Bold values represent p < 0.05, which was considered statistically significant.