Table 3.
Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and confidence intervals (95% CI) for number of persons sharing the child's bedroom for cases of asthma and cases of infection compared with neighbourhood controls.
| NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTROLS | |||
| No. of persons sharing the child's bedroom * | |||
| < 4 | ≥4 | OR** (95% CI) | |
| ASTHMA CASES | |||
| No. of persons sharing the child's bedroom * | |||
| < 4 | 23 | 39 | 1.00 |
| ≥4 | 29 | 41 | 0.42 (0.21–0.87) |
| CASES OF INFECTION | |||
| No. of persons sharing the child's bedroom * | |||
| < 4 | 15 | 13 | 1.00 |
| ≥4 | 30 | 28 | 2.50 (1.02–6.09) |
* number of case-control pairs ** adjusted for the same variables presented in Table 2 LRT: p = 0.001