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Table 2 Summary of results of a multinomial logistic regression of the effects of genome-wide heterozygosity and introgression (as two level factors) on the likelihood of death and the likelihood of clinical illness

From: Genetic susceptibility to infectious disease in East African Shorthorn Zebu: a genome-wide analysis of the effect of heterozygosity and exotic introgression

Phenotype

Dead calves (n = 68)

Ill calves (n = 243)

Factors

Estimate (SE)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Estimate (SE)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Low heterozygosity

1.13 (0.27)

9.5 (3.5-27.9)

< 0.001

0.61 (0.26)

3.4 (1.2-9.3)

0.018

Introgressed

0.16 (0.19)

1.4 (0.7-2.9)

0.39

0.43 (0.12)

2.4 (1.5-3.8)

< 0.001

  1. Cut-offs for high/low heterozygosity and introgressed/non-introgressed are defined in Methods. Healthy calves were the reference category. CI = confidence interval. SE = standard error. OR = odds ratio. P-values in bold type are statistically significant.