Table 3.

Prevalence ratios (PR) and confidence intervals (95%) for non-communicable disease symptoms in an adult (≥ 18 years) population of Burkina Faso (WHS 2003).

	Joint Disease		Back Pain		Angina Pectoris		Asthma
	Crude model	Full model	Crude model	Full model	Crude model	Full model	Crude model	Full model
Gender (reference category = Men)
Women	1.20* [1.01;1.43]	1.18 [1.00;1.40]	1.42* [1.21;1.66]	1.27* [1.09;1.47]	1.68* [1.39;2.04]	1.64* [1.39;1.94]	1.28 [0.99;1.65]	1.34* [1.05;1.70]
Age (reference category = 18-24 years old)
25-34		1.44* [1.11;1.87]		1.61* [1.27;2.04]		1.60* [1.23;2.07]		1.58 [1.14;2.20]
35-44		1.73* [1.29;2.33]		2.57* [2.00;3.30]		2.37* [1.75;3.22]		2.40* [1.58;3.64]
45-54		2.38* [1.80;3.15]		3.18* [2.35;4.30]		2.55* [1.81;3.60]		2.65* [1.67;4.22]
55-64		3.15* [2.04;4.86]		3.57* 2.61;4.88]		3.07* [2.14;4.39]		3.05* [1.85;5.03]
65 and older		3.26* [2.19;4.85]		4.70* [3.60;6.13]		2.82* [2.09;3.80]		2.83* [1.87;4.29]
Setting (reference category = Rural)
Urban		1.17 [0.83;1.66]		1.04 [0.85;1.27]		1.31* [1.01;1.71]		1.13 [0.81;1.68]
Marital status (reference category = Married)
Widowed		1.13 [0.86;1.49]		1.08 [0.92;1.26]		1.34* [1.09;1.65]		1.51* [1.15;1.97]
Separated/divorced/single		1.12 [0.80;1.61]		0.74 [0.58;1.04]		1.30 [0.93;1.81]		1.42 [0.85;2.37]
Education (reference category = No formal education)
Some formal education		1.32 [0.97;1.78]		1.08 [0.84;1.37]		1.13 [0.80;1.59]		1.48* [1.04;2.09]
Annual household income (reference category = < PL/2)
≥ PL/2-< PL		1.05 [0.85;1.31]		1.19* [1.02;1.39]		1.24* [1.01;1.53]		1.10 [0.84;1.44]
≥ PL-< 2 × PL		1.13 [0.81;1.58]		1.13 [0.93;1.38]		1.21 [0.96;1.52]		1.22 [0.92;1.61]
≥ 2 × PL		1.18 [0.82;1.69]		1.32* [1.04;1.67]		1.25 [0.93;1.68]		1.33 [0.91;1.94]

* = P < 0.05