Major Anthropogenic Interactions Determining the Conservation Status of Endemic Mammals of Eastern Africa

Table 1

Multinomial logistic model shows determinant factors of the conservation status of endemic mammals from the EA, taking least concern and then data deficient category as a reference.

Conservation status (IUCN)	Threats	Exp (β)	95% CI for exp (β) (LCI, UCI)	P value
Least concern (reference)
Near threatened	Limited distribution	2.346	(2.125, 3.640)	≤0.001
Vulnerable	Agricultural expansion and deforestation	2.650	(1.142–6.149)	0.023
	Hunting	3.910	(2.328, 6.245)	≤0.001
	Limited distribution	3.263	(2.315, 5.542)	≤0.001
Endangered	Habitat loss	2.242	(1.059, 4.745)	0.035
	Hunting	5.463	(2.437, 7.245)	≤0.001
Critically endangered	Agricultural expansion and deforestation	4.763	(1.456, 5.585)	0.01
	Habitat loss	4.722	(2.355, 5.301)	≤0.001
	Disease	2.560	(4.167, 6.256)	≤0.001
	Hunting	4.375	(2.191, 4.824)	0.011
Near threatened (reference)
Critically endangered	Habitat loss	3.520	(2.667, 5.846)	0.003

Significant at 0.05 alpha level. Exp (β), Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR); CI for exp (β), confidence interval for the Adjusted Odds Ratio; LCI, low confidence interval; UCI, upper confidence interval).