Table 1.
Univariate and multivariate analyses of the association of reported wheezing over the past 12 months with gender, age, intestinal helminthic infection, and diarrhoea in the studied population
| Wheezing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N = 682 | Yes (257) | No (425) | OR | Adjusted OR |
| n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | [95% CI] | [95% CI] | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 317 (46.5) | 100 (31.5) | 217 (68.5) | 1# | 1 |
| Male | 365 (53.5) | 157 (43.0) | 208 (57.0) | 1.64 [1.20;2.24] | 1.55 [1.12;2.14] |
| Age (months) | |||||
| 19 to 50 | 326 (47.8) | 120 (36.8) | 206 (63.2) | 1 | 1 |
| 0 to 18 | 356 (52.2) | 137 (38.5) | 219 (61.5) | 1.07 [0.79;1.46] | 1.07 [0.76;1.51] |
| Maternal literacy | |||||
| Illiterate/primary | 159 (23.3) | 71 (44.7) | 88 (55.3) | 1 | 1 |
| Secondary (incomplete) | 278 (40.8) | 106 (38.1) | 172 (61.9) | 0.76 [0.51;1.13] | 0.79 [0.53;1.20] |
| Secondary (complete) | 245 (35.9) | 80 (32.7) | 165 (67.3) | 0.61 [0.40;0.92] | 0.72 [0.47;1.11] |
| Sewer system | |||||
| Yes | 341 (50.0) | 113 (33.1) | 228 (66.9) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 341 (50.0) | 144 (42.2) | 197 (57.8) | 1.47 [108;2.01] | 1.43 [1.04;1.97] |
| T. trichiura eggs | |||||
| No | 602 (88.3) | 208 (34.6) | 394 (65.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 80 (11.7) | 49 (61.2) | 31 (38.8) | 2.99 [1.85;4.84] | 2.60 [1.54;4.38] |
| A. lumbricoides eggs | |||||
| No | 544 (79.8) | 196 (36.0) | 348 (64.0) | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 138 (20.2) | 61 (44.2) | 77 (55.8) | 1.41 [0.93;2.05] | 1.09 [0.71;1.66] |
| Days with diarrhoea | |||||
| None | 157 (23.0) | 50 (31.8) | 107 (68.2) | 1 | 1 |
| <6 days | 273 (40.0) | 100 (36.6) | 173 (63.4) | 1.24 [0.82;1.88] | 1.21[0.79;1.87] |
| ≥6 days | 252 (37.0) | 107 (42.5) | 145 (57.5) | 1.58 [1.04;2.40] | 1.40 [0.89;2.21] |
# Class reference of the variable. Bold numbers are statistically significant at 0.05.