Table 5.
Factors associated with asthma and bronchiolitis among children aged 2-59 months with acute respiratory symptoms in Mulago hospital, Uganda (N = 614)
|
Variable |
Asthma/Bronchiolitis |
*COR (95% CI) |
|
†AOR (95% CI) |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | |||||
|
Patient factors | ||||||
| Maternal asthma | ||||||
| Yes |
13.8 |
6.9 |
2.2 (1.3–3.7) |
2.0 (1.1–3.8) |
||
| No |
86.2 |
93.1 |
|
|
||
| History of allergy in patient: | ||||||
| Yes |
17.8 |
8.6 |
2.3 (1.4–3.7) |
3.3 (1.5–7.2) |
||
| No |
82.2 |
91.4 |
|
|
||
| Gender: | ||||||
| Male |
61.7 |
52.9 |
1.4 (1.0–2.0) |
1.1 (0.8–1.7) |
||
| Female |
38.3 |
47.1 |
|
|
||
|
Environmental factors | ||||||
| Exposure to tobacco smoke: | ||||||
| Yes |
13.0 |
9.4 |
1.4 (0.9–2.4) |
1.3 (0.7–2.3) |
||
| No |
87.0 |
90.6 |
|
|
||
| Use of gas for cooking: | ||||||
| Yes |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.4 (0.5–4.5) |
|
||
| No |
97.6 |
98.3 |
|
|
||
| Prematurity: | ||||||
| Yes |
6.0 |
5.0 |
1.6 (0.7–3.7) |
|
||
| No |
96.0 |
95.0 |
|
|
||
| Exclusive breastfeeding for at least 3 months: | ||||||
| Yes |
75.5 |
63.4 |
1.7 (1.2–2.6) |
1.5 (1.0–2.3) |
||
| No |
24.5 |
36.6 |
|
|
||
| Education level of caretaker | ||||||
| Primary |
54.2 |
52.8 |
1.1 (0.8–1.5) |
|
||
| Post–primary | 45.8 | 47.2 | ||||
*COR Crude Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval,
†AOR Adjusted Odds ratio.