Research Article
Some Epidemiologic Aspects of Common Warts in Rural Primary School Children
Table 4
Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association of warts with the studied lifestyle and environmental factors.
| | Factor | Warts () | No warts () | OR* (95% CI) |
| | Swimming in Nile channels* | | | | | No | 22 | 1520 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 20 | 271 | 5.6 (2.9–10.6) | | Child labor* | | | | | No | 21 | 1402 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 21 | 389 | 4.5 (2.3–8.8) | | Regular sport practice* | | | | | No | 22 | 988 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 20 | 803 | 1.20 (0.60–4.2) | | Farm animals* | | | | | No | 9 | 547 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 33 | 1244 | 1.6 (0.75–3.3) | | Pet animals* | | | | | No | 8 | 458 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 34 | 1333 | 1.7 (0.67–3.2) | | Domestic birds | | | | | No | 2 | 158 | 1.0 (Ref.) | | Yes | 40 | 1633 | 1.9 (0.50–8.1) |
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OR was adjusted by sex, family income, and parents’ education and occupation.
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