Multiple overlapping risk factors for childhood wheeze among children in Benin

Table 4 Factors associated with severe wheezing using multinomial logistic regression

Predictors		Multivariate analysis
Predictors		Adjusted Odds Ratio^a	95%CI	p value
No wheezing		Ref.
Severe wheezing	Infection with Ascaris
	No	Ref.
	Yes	9.2	3.1–27.8	< 0.001
	Type of cookstove
	Enclosed only	Ref.
	Open only	3.9	1.1–13.7	0.03
	Mixed: open or enclosed	1.7	0.4–7.8	0.47
	Body Mass Index (kg/m²)
	Normal (18–25)	Ref.
	Overweight (25–30)	10.3	1.8–60.0	0.01
	Obesity (> 30)	1.8 × 10^–6	–	0.99
	Presence of animals (dogs, cats, rodents)
	No	Ref.
	Yes	2.3	0.8–6.4	0.11

The bold values in table 4 represent the significant values
^aAdjusted on sex, type of cooking fuel, exposure time to combustion smoke, cooking place, fire lighting with kerosen or palm cakes, diet, storage of foodstuff (cereals, tubers, nuts) or volatiles/toxic substances (insecticides, oil, gas oil, rat poison) in room

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