Table 8.
The table shows binomial logistic regression for variables that contribute to allergic rhinitis (N = 1195).
| Variables | B | S.E. | Wald | df | p-value | Odd ratio | 95% C.Ib for odd ratio |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||||
| Gender(ref = female) | ||||||||
| Male | − 0.512 | 0.150 | 11.687 | 1 | 0.001* | 0.599 | 0.447 | 0.804 |
|
Your faculty (ref = Medical laboratory sciences) |
8.940 | 7 | 0.257 | |||||
| Public health | 0.412 | 0.845 | 0.238 | 1 | 0.626 | 1.510 | 0.288 | 7.905 |
|
Not studying in university currently |
0.162 | 0.466 | 0.122 | 1 | 0.727 | 1.176 | 0.472 | 2.930 |
| Nursing | 0.523 | 0.448 | 1.358 | 1 | 0.244 | 1.687 | 0.700 | 4.062 |
| Pharmacy | 0.234 | 0.457 | 0.262 | 1 | 0.609 | 1.263 | 0.516 | 3.092 |
| Dentistry | -1.051 | 0.650 | 2.612 | 1 | 0.106 | 0.350 | 0.098 | 1.250 |
| Medicine | 0.196 | 0.351 | 0.312 | 1 | 0.576 | 1.217 | 0.611 | 2.422 |
| Non-medical fields | − 0.030 | 0.352 | 0.007 | 1 | 0.931 | 0.970 | 0.487 | 1.934 |
|
Is family income sufficient for your needs? (ref = not enough at all) |
6.278 | 3 | 0.099 | |||||
|
Sufficient for basic needs only |
− 0.272 | 0.227 | 1.430 | 1 | 0.232 | 0.762 | 0.488 | 1.190 |
|
Sufficient for basic needs and some additions |
− 0.480 | 0.222 | 4.672 | 1 | 0.031* | 0.619 | 0.400 | 0.956 |
|
Sufficient for way above basic needs and luxuries |
− 0.023 | 0.375 | 0.004 | 1 | 0.951 | 0.977 | 0.469 | 2.038 |
| Presence of laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms (ref = NO LPR symptoms) | ||||||||
| Positive LPR symptoms | 1.728 | 0.154 | 126.192 | 1 | 0.000** | 5.628 | 4.163 | 7.607 |
| Constant | − 0.647 | 0.393 | 2.710 | 1 | 0.100 | 0.524 | ||
bC.I is confidence interval.
*p-value <0.05.
**p-value<0.001.