Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
Research
Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany
Table 1
Characteristics of 257 dog owners with alveolar echinococcosis and healthy controls in case–control study of dog ownership and human risk for alveolar echinococcosis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, January 2019–February 2020*
Characteristic |
Case-patients, n = 43 |
Controls, n = 214 |
p value |
Sex, no. (%) | 0.0011 | ||
F | 26 (60.47%) | 177 (82.71%) | |
M |
17 (39.53%) |
37 (17.29%) |
|
Age, y, no. (%) | <0.0001 | ||
18–30 | 8 (18.60%) | 56 (26.17%) | |
31–50 | 13 (30.23%) | 71 (33.18%) | |
51–70 | 15 (34.88%) | 80 (37.38%) | |
>70 |
7 (16.28%) |
7 (3.27%) |
|
Age, y | 0.0347 | ||
Mean ± SD | 50.09 ± 17.62 | 44.23 ± 15.23 | |
Median (range) |
51.00 (18.00–79.00) |
44.00 (19.00–88.00) |
|
Time lived in Baden-Württemberg, y | 0.0839 | ||
5–20 | 2 (4.65%) | 32 (14.95%) | |
>20 |
41 (95.35%) |
182 (85.05%) |
|
Dogs owned, no. (%) | 0.0546 | ||
1 | 32 (74.42) | 122 (57.01) | |
2 | 6 (13.95) | 56 (26.17) | |
3 | 2 (4.65) | 22 (10.28) | |
>3 |
3 (6.98) |
14 (6.54) |
|
Regular contact with dogs, y, no. (%) | 0.2629 | ||
0–5 | 4 (9.30) | 16 (7.48) | |
6–10 | 2 (4.65) | 34 (15.89) | |
11–20 | 10 (23.26) | 48 (22.43) | |
>20 |
27 (62.79) |
116 (54.21) |
|
*Boldface indicates significance (p<0.05). |
1These authors contributed equally to this article.