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Table 3 Explanatory variables significantly associated with the incidence of calf coccidiosis based on univariate and multivariate analysis of cox proportional hazards regression model

From: Epidemiological study on calf diarrhea and coccidiosis in dairy farms in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Univarate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

HRa

95% CI

P value

HRa

95% CI

P value

Age

< 6 months

13.044

4.627–36.770

.000

13.36

4.622–38.621

.000

6–12 months

Sex

Male

6.593

2.580–16.848

.000

3.500

1.213–10.096

.020

Female

Breed

Cross

3.591

1.101–11.644

.033

–

–

–

Local

Body Condition

Good

0.092

0.022–0.385

.001

–

–

–

Poor

House hygiene

Poor

16.157

2.222–117.483

.006

–

–

–

Good

House condition

Separated

0.122

0.037–0.398

.000

–

–

–

Unseparated

Parity of dam

Multiparous

0.371

0.202–0.684

.001

–

–

–

Primiparous

  1. aHazard ratio (which has similar meaning to relative risk)