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Table 4 Conditional multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with asthma among participants in selected public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020

From: Determinants of asthma in Ethiopia: age and sex matched case control study with special reference to household fuel exposure and housing characteristics

Variables

Cases

Control

COR at 95%, CI

AOR 95%, CI

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number of person:

1

13(8.1)

44(13.7)

1

1

2

15(9.3)

30(9.3)

2.08 (0.83, 5.23)

4.10 (0.71, 23.76)

3

31(19.3)

84(26.1)

1.39 (0.63, 3.08)

2.54 (0.60, 10.82)

4 or greater than 4

102(63.4)

164(50.9)

2.52 (1.20, 5.31)

1.42 (0.30, 6.81)

Window in cooking house

No

84(52.2)

46(14.3)

6.73 (4.10, 11.05)

1.92 (0.01, 47.77)

Yes

77(47.8)

276(85.7)

1

1

Window opening

No

85(52.8)

49(15.2)

6.42 (3.95,10.43)

2.17 (0.01, 52.66)

Yes

76(47.2)

273(84.6)

1

1

Door opening

No

47(29.2)

23(7.1)

5.13 (2.93, 8.96)

10.25 (3.97, 26.49)*

Yes

114(70.8)

299(92.9)

1

1

Cooking time

Less than 60 mint

71(44.1)

2(0.6)

1

1

60–120 mint

74(46.0)

304(94.4)

1.03 (0.66, 1.61)

0.69(0.30, 1.59)

Greater than 120 mint

16(9.9)

16(5)

2.31 (1.05, 5.10)

1.61 (0.31, 8.23)

Stove type:

Three-stone fire

No

142(88.2)

316(98.1)

1

1

Yes

19(11.8)

6(1.9)

5.61 (2.36,13.37)

0.20 (0.01, 2.92)

Kerosene stove

No

108(67.1)

95(29.5)

1

1

Yes

53(32.9)

227(70.5)

0.21 (0.14, 0.33)

0.20 (0.03, 1.34)

Current household fuel:

Wood

No

119(73.9)

312(96.9)

1

1

Yes

42(26.1)

10(3.1)

8.41 (4.21, 16.77)

5.48 (0.43, 69.52)

Kerosene (Paraffin)

No

Yes

55(34.2)

106(65.8)

102(31.7)

220(68.3)

1

0.23 (0.15, 0.35)

1

3.39 (0.45, 25.35)

Dung

No

143(88.8)

315(97.8)

1

1

Yes

18(11.2)

7(2.2)

5.77 (2.28, 14.58)

0.62 (0.06, 6.46)

Agricultural residues

No

145(90.1)

317(98.4)

1

1

Yes

16(9.9)

5(1.6)

7.65 (2.55, 22.96)

0.59 (0.04, 8.51)

Lifetime household fuel:

Wood

No

48(29.8)

239(74.2)

1

1

Yes

113(70.2)

83(25.8)

7.11 (4.41, 11.48)

4.95 (2.1, 11.69)*

Charcoal

No

11(6.8)

59(18.3)

1

1

Yes

150(93.2)

263(81.7)

3.45 (1.73, 6.88)

1.36 (0.43, 4.33)

Kerosene (Paraffin)

No

86(53.4)

53(16.5)

1

1

Yes

75(46.6)

269(83.5)

0.17 (0.10, 0.27)

0.61 (0.22, 1.69)

Dung

No

107(66.5)

300(93.2)

1

1

Yes

54(33.5)

22(6.8)

7.89 (4.20, 14.84)

1.23 (0.31, 4.94)

Agricultural residues

  No

103(64)

299(92.9)

1

1

  Yes

58(36)

23(7.1)

7.38 (4.1, 13.29)

3.81 (1.05, 13.79)*

Pet

  No

84(52.2)

249(77.3)

1

1

  Yes

77(47.8)

73(22.7)

3.19 (2.09, 4.87)

1.97 (0.86, 4.49)

Ever tobacco smoking status

  No

139(86.3)

315(97.8)

1

1

  Yes

22(13.7)

7(2.2)

8.23 (3.11, 21.84)

6.16 (1.30, 29.10)*

Family asthma history

  No

133(82.6)

309(96.0)

1

1

  Yes

28(17.4)

13(4.0)

4.66 (2.36, 9.18)

4.72 (1.54, 14.45)*

  1. * Significant at P < 0.05, 1 = reference, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio