From: Multiple overlapping risk factors for childhood wheeze among children in Benin
Predictors | Current wheezing | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
Crude Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p value | Adjusteda Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p value | |
Socio-demographics | ||||||
 Body mass index (kg/m2) | ||||||
  Normal (18–25) | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
  Overweight (25–30) | 9.5 | 2.4–38.1 | 0.002 | 9.7 | 1.7–55.9 | 0.011 |
  Obesity (> 30) | 1 |  |  | 1 | - | - |
STH infection | ||||||
 Ascaris | ||||||
  No | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
  Yes | 7.1 | 2.9–17.7 | 0.001 | 4.3 | 1.5–12.0 | 0.006 |
Household air pollution | ||||||
 Exposure to cooking fuels | ||||||
  Type of cookstove |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  |
  Enclosed only | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
  Open only | 5.1 | 1.7–14.6 | 0.003 | 3.9 | 1.3–11.5 | 0.014 |
  Mixed: open or enclosed | 3.9 | 1.2–12.6 | 0.02 | 2.9 | 0.9–9.6 | 0.088 |
Material for fire lighting | ||||||
 Palm cakes | ||||||
  No | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
  Yes | 4.0 | 1.4–11.3 | 0.009 | 3.4 | 1.1–9.9 | 0.028 |
Variables associated with allergies | ||||||
 Presence of animals (dogs, cats, rodents) | ||||||
  No | Ref. |  |  | Ref. |  |  |
  Yes | 3.9 | 1.7–9.0 | 0.001 | 2.5 | 1.1–6.0 | 0.034 |