Health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Univariate analysis of factors responsible for patient delay

				95% confidence interval
Variable	Coefficients	Std. Error	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper	Likelihood ratio p-value
Keeps livestock	1.61	0.63	5	1.45	17.27	0.003†
Distance to village centre	0.13	0.11	1.14	0.92	1.41	0.20
Religion	0.41	0.91	1.50	0.25	8.98	0.65
Tribe	0.69	0.71	2	0.50	7.99	0.14
	1.25	0.80	3.50	0.73	16.85
Distance to hospital	0.11	0.06	3.12	1.00	4.26	0.02†
Gender	0.69	0.43	2	0.86	4.67	0.09
Age	0.02	0.01	1.02	1.01	1.04	0.001†
Knowledge of brucellosis	1.50	0.78	4.50	0.97	20.83	0.03†
Level of education	1.25	0.80	3.50	0.73	16.85	0.09
Economic status	1.47	0.64	4.33	1.23	15.21	0.02†
	0.69	0.87	2	0.37	10.92
If any member of the household suffered from brucellosis	1.09	0.82	3	0.61	14.86	0.15

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