Seroprevalence of Taenia solium and Trichinella spiralis among Humans and Pigs in Ghana

Table 2

Association between Taenia solium seropositivity and predictor variables.

Variables	Negative (%)	Positive (%)	Chi-square ( value)
Sex
Male	209 (95.9)	9 (4.1)	2.3467 (0.126)
Female	103 (99.0)	1 (1.0)
Age group (years)
Under 20	17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)	3.7622 (0.584)
20-30	54 (98.2)	1 (1.8)
31-40	99 (98)	2 (2.0)
41-50	82 (96.5)	3 (3.5)
51-60	41 (93.2)	3 (6.8)
61 and above	19 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Occupation
Slaughterhouse worker	26 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	5.2332 (0.155)
Farmer	131 (97.0)	4 (3.0)
Community members	97 (94.2)	6 (5.8)
Pork seller	58 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Mode of waste disposal
Collection trucks	24 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	26.8043 (0.003)+
Community collection point	44 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Community refuse dump	51 (96.2)	2 (3.8)
Dumped into the sea	47 (97.9)	1 (2.1)
Household collection to community dumpsite	9 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Open dumping	41 (85.4)	7 (14.6)
Wastes dried and burnt	39 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Wastes gathered and dried	57 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Water source used
Borehole	26 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	10.1931 (0.025)^+
Community borehole	66 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Community standpipe	152 (93.8)	10 (6.2)
In-house pipe borne	68 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Municipality
AMA	160 (97.0)	5 (3.0)	11.6076 (0.071)
Bawku West	31 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Bolgatanga	28 (93.3)	2 (6.7)
Kasena-Nankana East	23 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
LADMA	21 (87.5)	3 (12.5)
LEKMA	11 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Weija-Gbawe	38 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Pig management system
Free-ranged	92 (96.8)	3 (3.2)	0.0424 (0.837)
Confined	39 (97.5)	1 (2.5)

Significant at ; ⁺Fisher’s exact values (some ).