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Table 3 Associations between recent wheeze and lifestyle domains or other asthma risk factors

From: Lifestyle domains as determinants of wheeze prevalence in urban and rural schoolchildren in Ecuador: cross sectional analysis

  

Rural

Urban

 

Groups

Lifestyle domains/Categories

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

Interact.A

  

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

P value

Socioeconomic status of the household

Low vs High

0.88

0.59-1.30

0.518

   

1.74

1.10-2.74

0.016

1.61

0.99-2.63

0.054

0.026

Medium vs High

0.90

0.60-1.37

0.628

   

0.96

0.70-1.32

0.796

0.88

0.62-1.23

0.451

0.819

Characteristics of the child’s home

Transitional vs Basic urban

2.01

1.10-3.66

0.023

2.02

1.1-3.73

0.024

1.70

1.15-2.50

0.007

1.36

0.90-2.05

0.143

0.645

Rudimentary vs Basic urban

1.89

1.04-3.44

0.037

1.88

1.02-3.47

0.043

1.97

0.95-4.08

0.067

2.38

1.12-5.05

0.024

0.932

Sedentarism of the child

High vs Low

1.63

1.24-2.12

<0.001

1.64

1.23-2.18

0.001

0.99

0.70-1.41

0.957

   

0.027

Medium vs Low

1.16

0.89-1.50

0.269

1.22

0.93-1.60

0.154

0.91

0.66-1.25

0.568

   

0.253

Agricultural activities of the household

Farming vs. non-farming

0.93

0.76-1.15

0.513

   

1.45

1.02-2.06

0.036

   

0.032

Other asthma risk factors

             

Sex

Male vs Female

0.93

0.76-1.14

0.480

   

0.92

0.70-1.20

0.526

   

0.926

Age (years)

<11 vs ≥11

1.72

1.40-2.12

<0.001

1.81

1.46-2.24

<0.001

1.27

0.94-1.72

0.115

1.39

1.0-1.92

0.051

0.108

Maternal sthma

Yes vs No

3.04

2.46-3.76

<0.001

3.03

2.44-3.75

<0.001

3.47

2.58-4.66

<0.001

3.48

2.58-4.71

<0.001

0.473

Matrenal smoking during pregnancy

Yes vs No

1.04

0.76-1.41

0.826

   

1.82

1.12-2.96

0.016

1.86

1.12-3.08

0.016

0.054

Environmental tobacco smokeB

Yes vs No

1.01

0.82-1.23

0.945

   

1.07

0.81-1.42

0.631

   

0.726

Household overcrowdingC

>3 vs ≤ 3

1.19

0.98-1.46

0.086

   

0.99

0.75-1.32

0.959

   

0.297

  1. Shown are univariate and multivariate analyses with estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
  2. AInteraction p value between urban and rural in univariate analyses. BExposure to a smoker living in the child’s household. CPersons per sleeping room.
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