Table 3.

Steam bathing practices of 242 village residents^*

Practice	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Usually sits on towel while steam bathing	0.3 (0.1 to 0.8)
Uses own soap while steam bathing	0.4 (0.2 to 1.1)
Usually steam bathes with <8 people	0.3 (0.2 to 0.8)

^*Identified by logistic regression as being most significant in protecting people against developing boils, southwestern Alaska, 1996.