Table 3. Factors associated with podoconiosis in Machakel district North-West Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables	Category	case	Control	COR [95% CI]	AOR [95% CI]
Bare foot	No	72	184	1	1
	Yes	32	24	3.40(1.87–6.17)	5.83(2.34–14.50)*
Sex	Female	70	93	2.54(1.55–4.16)	4.25(2.22–8.14)*
	Male	34	115	1	1
Marital status	Single	3	6	1	1
	Married	80	195	0.82(0.2–3.36)	0.19(0.03–1.11)
	Divorced	11	3	7.33(1.11–48.26)	0.83(0.09–7.5)
	Widowed	10	4	5.00(0.82–30.46)	0.34(0.04–2.94
Age group	21–40	14	93	1	1
	41–60	63	101	4.14(2.17–7.89)	5.05(2.35–10.83)*
	61–80	27	14	12.81(5.44–30.14)	15.74(5.56–44.55)*
Family history	No	46	88	1	1
	Yes	58	120	1.09(1.21–3.11)	3.01(1.41–6.42)*
Occupation	Farmer	81	148	0.36(0.06–2.22)	0.62(0.07–5.35)
	House wife	16	47	0.22(0.03–1.48)	0.27(0.02–2.74)
	Merchant	7	13	1	1
Owned a pair of shoe	No	4	3	2.73(0.6–12.44)	2.5(0.38–16.53)
	Yes	100	205	1	1

1 = Reference

* = significant at p-value <0.05 in multivariable logistic regression