Table 2 Respiratory symptoms and socio demographic characteristics of the study population (Unadjusted results)
Characteristics | Symptom | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ever wheezing | Asthma | Sneezing | Rhinitis | Cough & cold | Phlegm & cold | |||||||||||||
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | ORa (95% CI) | |
Family income | ||||||||||||||||||
Up to SLR 20,000 | 21 (22.8) | 35 (21.0) | 1.107 (0.60–2.04) | 5 (11.9) | 51 (23.7) | 0.43 (0.16–1.16) | 14 (40.0) | 42 (19.0) | 2.84 (1.34–6.05) | 8 (38.1) | 48 (20.3) | 2.41 (0.95–6.15) | 40 (19.1) | 16 (33.3) | 0.47 (0.24–0.95) | 34 (22.7) | 22 (20.4) | 1.15 (0.63–2.10) |
More than SLR 20,000 | 71 (77.1) | 131 (78.9) | 37 (88.1) | 164 (76.3) | 21 (60.0) | 179 (81.0) | 13 (61.9) | 188 (79.7) | 169 (80.9) | 32 (66.7) | 116 (77.3) | 86 (79.6) | ||||||
Mother’s education | ||||||||||||||||||
Up to O/L | 61 (66.3) | 99 (59.6) | 1.33 (0.78–2.26) | 25 (59.5) | 135 (62.8) | 0.87 (0.44–1.71) | 22 (14.5) | 138 (62.4) | 1.02 (0.49–2.13) | 12 (57.1) | 146 (61.9) | 0.79 (0.32–1.96) | 130 (62.2) | 29 (60.4) | 1.08 (0.57–2.05) | 102 (68.0) | 58 (53.7) | 1.83 (1.09–3.05) |
Above O/L | 31 (33.6) | 67 (40.4) | 17 (40.5) | 80 (37.2) | 130 (85.5) | 83 (37.6) | 9 (42.9) | 90 (38.1) | 79 (37.8) | 19 (39.6) | 48 (32.0) | 50 (46.3) | ||||||
Either one of the parents having asthma | ||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 50 (60.2) | 70 (43.5) | 1.97 (1.15–3.38) | 24 (66.7) | 96 (46.4) | 2.31 (1.1–4.87) | 22 (68.7) | 98 (46.7) | 2.51 (1.14–5.57) | 16 (88.9) | 103 (45.8) | 9.48 (2.13–42.18) | 102 (51.0) | 18 (40.9) | 1.50 (0.78–2.91) | 78 (53.4) | 42 (42.9) | 1.53 (0.53–2.38) |
No | 33 (39.8) | 91 (56.5) | 12 (33.3) | 111 (53.6) | 10 (31.3) | 112 (53.3) | 02 (11.1) | 122 (54.2) | 98 (49.0) | 26 (59.1) | 68 (46.6) | 56 (57.1) | ||||||
Total cooking hours | ||||||||||||||||||
Less than 2.5 h | 45 (51.7) | 90 (55.9) | 0.85 (0.50–1.43) | 15 (39.5) | 119 (56.9) | 0.49 (0.24–0.99) | 14 (42.4) | 120 (56.1) | 0.58 (0.28–1.21) | 10 (50.0) | 125 (55.1) | 0.82 (0.33–2.04) | 110 (55.0) | 25 (53.2) | 1.08 (0.57–2.03) | 77 (54.2) | 58 (54.7) | 0.98 (0.59–1.63) |
2.5 h or more | 42 (48.3) | 71 (44.1) | 23 (60.5) | 90 (43.1) | 19 (57.6) | 94 (43.9) | 10 (50.0) | 102 (44.9) | 90 (45.0) | 22 (46.8) | 65 (45.8) | 48 (45.3) | ||||||
Attending a preschool | ||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 42 (44.7) | 61 (36.7) | 1.39 (0.83–2.33) | 23 (54.8) | 79 (36.4) | 2.12 (1.09–4.12) | 19 (54.3) | 83 (37.2) | 2.00 (0.98–4.11) | 13 (61.9) | 90 (37.8) | 2.67 (1.06–6.70) | 80 (37.9) | 22 (45.8) | 0.72 (0.38–1.36) | 55 (36.4) | 48 (44.0) | 0.73 (0.44–1.20) |
No | 52 (55.3) | 105 (63.3) | 19 (45.2) | 138 (63.6) | 16 (45.7) | 140 (63.8) | 8 (29.1) | 148 (62.2) | 131 (62.1) | 26 (54.2) | 96 (63.6) | 61 (56.0) | ||||||
Having a sibling | ||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 54 (57.4) | 88 (53.0) | 1.19 (0.71–1.99) | 24 (57.1) | 117 (53.9) | 1.14 (0.59–2.22) | 21 (60.0) | 120 (53.8) | 1.29 (0.62–2.66) | 12 (57.1) | 130 (54.6) | 1.11 (0.45–2.73) | 117 (55.5) | 24 (50.0) | 1.24 (0.67–2.33) | 93 (61.6) | 49 (45.0) | 1.96 (1.19–3.24) |
No | 40 (42.6) | 78 (47.0) | 18 (42.9) | 100 (46.1) | 14 (40.0) | 103 (46.2) | 9 (42.9) | 108 (45.4) | 94 (44.5) | 24 (50.0) | 58 (38.4) | 60 (55.0) | ||||||