Table III.

Relationship between presence of allergy and the study variables among medical students and interns at King Abdulaziz University.

Variable	Allergy (n=217)		No allergy (n=383)		X2	(p)	OR (CI)
	No.	%	No.	%
Gender
Female	134	43.5	174	56.5	14.8	(0.000)	1.93 (1.38-2.72)
Male	83	28.5	209	71.6
Marital status
Single	202	35.9	361	64.1	0.3	(0.57)	0.82 (0.42-1.62)
Married	15	40.5	22	59.5
Educational level:
Basic	59	35.8	106	64.2	0.02	(0.90)	0.98 (0.67-1.42)
Clinical & interns	158	36.3	277	63.7
Father education
University or above	175	38.3	282	61.7	3.76	0.049	1.62 (1.07-2.46)
Less than university	42	29.4	101	70.6
Mother education
University or above	134	35.6	242	64.4	0.04	(0.84)	1.04 (0.73-1.47)
Less than university	78	34.8	146	65.2
Father Occupation
Professional	159	38.8	273	63.2	0.27	(0.6)	1.11 (0.78-1.65)
Non-professional	58	34.5	110	65.5
Mother occupation
Professional	96	36.8	165	63.2	0.07	(0.78)	1.05 (0.75-1.47)
Non-professional	121	35.7	222	64.3
Father income
Not enough, Enough	213	36.5	370	63.5	1.21a	(0.27)	1.87 (0.60-5.81)
Enough and exceed	4	23.5	13	76.5	(Fisher’s exact test)
Current smoker
Yes	29	39.2	45	60.8	0.34	(0.56)	1.16 (0.70-1.91)
No	188	35.7	338	64.3
Passive smoker
Yes	113	36.0	201	64.0	0.12	(0.73)	1.06 (0.76-1.49)
No	99	34.6	187	65.4
Stress
Yes	29	39.2	45	60.8	3.3	(0.07)	1.41 (0.97-2.05)
No	188	35.7	338	64.3
Family history of allergy
Yes	169	50.8	164	49.2	68.9	(0.000)	4.70 (3.22-6.87)
No	48	18.0	219	82.0
Wood /Coal Stove
Yes	43	35.8	77	64.2	0.02	(0.90)	1.03 (0.68-1.56)
No	169	35.2	311	64.8
Water leaks & molds contamination
Yes	25	49.1	26	50.9	3.98	(0.04)	1.79 (1.01-3.182)
No	192	34.9	357	65.1

^aFisher’s exact test