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. 2020 May 23;2020:7212037. doi: 10.1155/2020/7212037

Table 3.

Comparing subjects with positive and negative AR with other factors.

Characteristic Positive SFAR score Percentage (CI 95%) Negative SFAR score Percentage (CI 95%) P value
Gender
 Male 95 9.8 152 15.7 0.001
 Female 369 38.1 352 36.4
Consanguinity
 Negative 349 75.9 380 76.3 0.422
 Positive 111 24.1 118 23.7
SES
 Lower 12 2.6 12 2.4 0.880
 Upper lower 100 21.6 115 22.8
 Lower middle 113 24.4 129 25.6
 Upper middle 227 48.9 239 47.4
 Upper 12 2.6 9 1.8
Educational level
 Low 28 6.0 34 6.8 0.646
 High 435 94.0 468 93.2
Cigarette smoking
 No 395 85.1 427 84.7 0.860
 Yes daily 69 14.9 77 15.3
Shisha smoking
 No 319 69.0 367 72.8 0.197
 Yes regularly 143 31.0 137 27.2
Age groups
 0–17 8 1.7 13 2.6 0.886
 18–30 396 85.3 429 85.1
 31–45 47 10.1 49 9.7
 46+ 13 2.8 13 2.6
Employment status
 Unemployed 283 62.1 332 68.2 0.049
 Employed 173 37.9 155 31.8
Type of work
 Labourer 11 6.4 16 10.4 0.289
 Clerk or in a restaurant 14 8.2 15 9.7
 Technician 58 33.9 45 29.2
 Specialist 82 48.0 71 46.1
 Employee 6 3.5 7 4.5
Medical condition
 Negative 230 56.7 316 72.1 <0.0001
 Digestive 42 10.3 34 7.8
 Respiratory 3 0.7 4 0.9
 Cardiac 8 2.0 8 1.8
 Endocrine 38 9.4 33 7.5
 Urinary 6 1.5 6 1.4
 Neurological 14 3.4 12 2.7
 Skeletal 14 3.4 16 3.7
 Asthma 11 2.7 3 0.7
 Allergic reaction 40 9.9 6 1.4
Drugs taken
 No 210 51.6 300 65.8 <0.0001
 Over the counter 61 15.0 67 14.7
 Prescribed 136 33.4 89 19.5
Losing someone close due to war
 No 270 61.2 280 58.9 0.758
 Yes a loved one or loved friend 4 0.9 2 0.4
 Yes a relative 167 37.9 193 40.6
Distress from war noises
 Negative 150 32.5 197 39.4 0.027
 Positive 311 67.5 303 60.6
Changing place of living due to war
 Negative 322 70.2 330 66.4 0.213
 Positive 137 29.8 167 33.6

CI: confidence interval.