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Table 5 Variables predicting purchase and consumption of non-authorized milk products (Multivariable logistic regression models, odds ratio, confidence interval and p value)

From: A cross sectional survey assessing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding brucellosis among Arab Israelis

Do you purchase milk from a non-regulated source?

N = 272

  

Odds Ratio

P

Confidence Interval

Age

 

1.02

0.21

0.99, 1.05

Gendera

 

1.21

0.63

0.56, 2.58

Education

 

1.00

0.98

0.90, 1.11

Income

High

1

–

–

Mean

0.40

0.08

0.14, 1.13

Low

0.59

0.41

0.17, 2.07

Type of Townb

 

0.51

0.075

0.24, 1.07

Attitudes

 

2.21

< 0.0001

1.42, 3.43

Knowledge

 

0.78

0.72

0.59, 1.02

Hosmer and Lemeshow statistics p = 0.69, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.170

Do you purchase white cheese from a non-regulated source?

N = 273

Age

 

1.03

0.02

1.00, 1.05

Gendera

 

1.02

0.96

0.52, 1.99

Education

 

1.06

0.17

0.98, 1.16

Income

High

1

–

–

Mean

0.51

0.14

0.21, 1.24

Low

0.40

0.11

0.13, 1.24

Type of Townb

 

2.36

0.01

1.18, 4.68

Attitudes

 

2.66

< 0.0001

1.80, 3.94

Knowledge

 

0.89

0.36

0.69, 1.15

Hosmer and Lemeshow statistics p = 0.73, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.201

Do you or members of your family eat cheeses that do not come in non-regulated sealed packaging?

N = 249

Age

 

1.03

0.02

1.00, 1.05

Gendera

 

0.79

0.43

0.44, 1.42

Education

 

1.09

0.03

1.01, 1.19

Income

High

1

–

–

Mean

0.97

0.93

0.44, 2.14

Low

1.07

0.90

0.39, 2.93

Type of Townb

 

1.25

0.44

0.70, 2.24

Attitudes

 

2.47

< 0.0001

1.74, 3.51

Knowledge

 

0.93

0.52

0.74, 1.16

Hosmer and Lemeshow statistics p = 0.25, Nagelkerke R2 0 = .187

Do you eat white cheese that was purchased from a non-regulated source?

N = 283

Age

 

1.02

0.043

1.00, 1.04

Gendera

 

0.83

0.31

0.39, 1.34

Education

 

1.07

0.12

0.98, 1.16

Income

High

1

–

–

Mean

0.61

0.26

0.26, 1.42

Low

0.48

0.19

0.16, 1.42

Type of Townb

 

2.04

0.03

1.08, 3.86

Attitudes

 

2.50

< 0.0001

1.74, 3.61

Knowledge

 

0.86

0.21

0.67, 1.09

Hosmer and Lemeshow statistics p = 0.72, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.199

  1. a Reference group- men
  2. b Reference group- towns with no reported cases (0)
  3. Bold- p < 0.05