Factors associated with pastoral community knowledge and occurrence of mycobacterial infections in Human-Animal Interface areas of Nakasongola and Mubende districts, Uganda

Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression analysis showing the association between socio-demographic factors and occurrence of mycobacterioses among the pastoral communities in the districts of Nakasongola and Mubende, Uganda.

Risk factor	Level	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	P-value
Tribe	Basoga vs. Baganda	6.4[1.56-26.4 ]	0.01
The source of water for use in households	Spring^y vs. Stream^z	4.5[ 1.7-11.9]	0.002
Presence of sediment in the water container.	Yes vs. No.	0.43[0.24-0.79]	0.006
Separation of water containers for drinking and domestic uses.	Yes vs. No.	2.46[1.3-4.4 ]	0.004
Sharing of water sources with wild animals.	Yes vs. No.	0.47[0.25-0.9 ]	0.024
Duration of involvement in rearing cattle and other cattle related activities.	> 5 yrs vs. <5 yrs	0.27[0.089-0.8 ]	0.021
Distance of Kraal/animal shelter from the household	>20 meters vs. < 20 m	3.8[1.14-12.5 ]	0.029

^y means stagnant water sources. The valley dams and tanks are constituted in similar process.
^z means flowing or stream water. Streams water flows continuously.

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