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Table 5 Population fractions (PAF%) of recent wheeze attributable to each lifestyle domain

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

Groups

Lifestyle Domain

Rural

Urban

  

Exposed cases

ORB

PAF %

Exposed cases

ORB

PAF %

Socioeconomic Status of the household

Low vs. High

0.64

0.88

<0

0.09

1.74

4%

Medium vs. High

0.29

0.90

<0

0.64

0.96

<0

Characteristics of the child’s home

Transitional vs. Basic urban

0.43

2.01

22%

0.10

1.70

4%

Rudimentary vs. Basic urban

0.52

1.89

24%

0.03

1.97

2%

Sedentarism of the child

High vs. Low

0.14

1.63

5%

0.21

0.99

<0

Medium vs. Low

0.19

1.16

3%

0.31

0.91

<0

Agricultural activities of the household

Farming vs Non-farming

0.62

0.93

<0

0.15

1.45

5%

  1. PAF% - populationa attribuatble fraction estimated using the proportion of exposed cases for each lifestyle pattern // ORB = univariate odds ratios.