Table 5 Independent predictors of asthma control among asthmatic patients at Northwestern, Ethiopia, bi-variable analysis and multivariate analysis (N = 409)

Age

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

0.012

0.99 (0.96, 1.02)

0.52

CCI score

0.86 (0.76, 0.98)

0.034*

0.72(0.51, 0.96)

0.37

Medication burden in number

0.78 (0.65, 0.94)

0.012*

0.80 (0.47, 1.35)

0.41

Belief in medication means score

0.62 (0.44, 0.89)

0.010*

0.59 (0.30, 1.16)

0.13

 FEVs 1, percent predicted

1.10 (1.06,1.14)

< 0.001

1.05 (1.00,1.10)

0.023

 FVC 1, percent predicted

1.12 (1.08,1.07)

< 0.001

1.08 (1.04,1.13)

< 0.001

 Male

1.59 (1.10, 2.30)

0.013*

6.45(1.28,32.44)

0.024*

 Female

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1

 Single

3.54 (1.65, 7.61)

0.001*

0.04 (0.01, 1.28)

0.075

 Married

1.82 (1.06,3.09)

0.028*

3.63(1.28,10.28)

0.015*

 Divorced

1.43 (0.54,3.80)

0.46

1.43 (0.23, 9.04)

0.71

 Window

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1

 Informal education

0.44(0.27, 0.74)

0.002*

1.22 (0.24, 6.24)

0.814

 Low level

0.48 (0.28, 0.80

0.005*

0.86 (0.200, 3.73)

0.814

 High level

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1

 Government employer

1.46 (0.869, 2.44)

0.153

2.85(0.51, 16.02)

0.23

 Private employer

0.81 (0.44, 1.41)

0.506

0.28(0.04, 1.91)

0.20

 Homemaker

0.50 (0.29, 0.87)

0.014*

0.39 (0.09, 1.62)

0.19

 Farmer

1

1

No

1.82(1.01, 3.21)

0.048*

6.04(1.59,22.87)

0.008*

yes

1

1

 <  12 years

1.81 (1.19, 2.77)

0.006*

1.78 (0.96,4.77)

0.22

 ≥ 12 year

1

1

 Yes

2.05 (1.02, 4.12)

0.045

1.55 (0.55, 4.32)

0.405

 No

1

1

 Poor

0.06 (0.02, 0.18)

0.000**

0.024(0.02, 0.23)

0.001*

 Good

1

1

 No

0.48 (0.31, 0.73)

0.001*

1.28 (0.45, 3.60)

0.64

 Yes

1

1

 Low

0.24 (0.16, 0.36)

0.000**

0.19 (0.08, 0.49)

0.001*

 High

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1

 Intermittent

1.22 (0.51, 2.95)

0.65

2.7 (0.21,35.2)

0.443

 Mild persistent

1.57 (0.84, 2.91)

0.158

2.45 (0.27,22.1)

0.424

 Moderate persistent

1.35 (0.76, 2.40)

0.299

2.2 (0.31,16.2)

0.429

 Sever persistent ^R

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1

ICS + SABA

2.45 (0.571,10.56)

0.21

1.19(0.09,16.2)

0.89

Oral +SABA

2.8 (0.55,14.23)

0.20

4.2 (0.18,95)

0.37

ICS + SABA+oral

1.9 (0.42,9.02)

0.39

6.3 (0.91,45)

0.95

Nonsteroid+SABA

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1

 CVD

0.79 (0.04,16.07)

0.884

2.3(0.42,12.5)

0.68

 Endocrine drug

0.41(0.02, 8.30)

0.558

2.5 (0.47,13.7)

0.65

 GI Drug

0.07 (0.002, 2.87)

0.164

0.17(0.00, 1,24)

0.49

 Antipain

1.05 (0.05, 20.63

0.977

1.1 (0.45,26)

0.952

 ART drugs

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1

 Optimal

3.10 (2.04, 4.71)

0.000**

2.16 (0.86, 5.44)

0.101

 Sub-optimal

1

1

 Yes

4.87 (3.00, 7.89)

0.001

8.4(2.70, 26.01)

0.001**

 No

1

1

 Yes

4.19 (2.75, 6.38)

0.00**

2.02 (0.72, 5.70)

0.18

 No

1

1

 Yes

0.60 (0.42, 0.88)

0.008*

1.677 (0.487, 5.771)

0.41

 No

1

1

 Low

0.304 (0.17, 0.52)

0.00**

0.16 (0.059, 0.481)

0.001**

 High

1

1