Tritrichomonas foetus infection, a cause of chronic diarrhea in the domestic cat

Table 4 Risk factors related to feline infections by Tritrichomonas foetus ^¶

Country	Age in month	Sex-male	Purebred	Housing	History of diarrhea in past 6 months	Food	Refs
Canada	<6 – 0.6 (0.1–3.4)	2.0 (0.5–7.9)	26.3 (3.8–1142.2)**	>5 cats per house – 4.6 (1.3–20.8)**	Another cat – 4.4 (1.3–16.2)**	Fed a raw food diet – 5.4 (1.5–19.6)**	[61]
Canada	<6 – 0.6 (0.1–3.4)	2.0 (0.5–7.9)	26.3 (3.8–1142.2)**	>5 cats per house – 4.6 (1.3–20.8)**	Self – 1.7 (0.4–6.4)	Fed a raw food diet – 5.4 (1.5–19.6)**	[61]
France	<12 – ^#2.5(0.6-10.2)⁺	NC	NC	NC		NC	[58]
Germany	≤12 – 0.9 (0.7-1.0)*	NC	Norwegian Forest – 25.9 (7.6-87.7)***	NC	Another cat – 3.2 (1.2–9.9)**	NC	[35]
Germany	≤12 – 0.9 (0.7-1.0)*	NC	Norwegian Forest – 25.9 (7.6-87.7)***	NC	Self – 3.2 (1.1- 8.7)*	NC	[35]
Norway	NC	NC		NC	NC (P = 0.1)		[62]
UK	6-12 (29.4%); >12 (15.2%)***		Pedigree (37.8%);				[66]
UK	6-12 (29.4%); >12 (15.2%)***		Non-pedigree (6.0%)***				[66]
UK	≤12, ^#13.4(1.7-107.7)**	NC	^# > 999.9				[57]
UK	≤12, ^#13.4(1.7-107.7)**	NC	Siamese and Bengal ^#7.3 (2.1-25.9)**				[57]
USA	Infected mean 8 vs non- infected mean 64.8***		Abyssinians, Siamese and Bengal**				[54]
USA		^#> 999.9**					[41]
USA	NC	NC			Self – 3.5 (1.1-11.3)*		[60]

^¶Odds ratio is given; 95% confidence interval is in bracket. Blank cells: no data available.
^#:Calculated by the authors of current manuscript according to [56]; P value from the original paper.
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ⁺ P = 0.057.
NC: No correlation was detected.

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