Allergic Rhinitis and Its Epidemiological Distribution in Syria: A High Prevalence and Additional Risks in War Time

Table 3

Comparing subjects with positive and negative AR with other factors.

Characteristic	Positive SFAR score	Percentage (CI 95%)	Negative SFAR score	Percentage (CI 95%)	value
Gender
Male	95	9.8	152	15.7	0.001
Female	369	38.1	352	36.4
Consanguinity
Negative	349	75.9	380	76.3	0.422
Positive	111	24.1	118	23.7
SES
Lower	12	2.6	12	2.4	0.880
Upper lower	100	21.6	115	22.8
Lower middle	113	24.4	129	25.6
Upper middle	227	48.9	239	47.4
Upper	12	2.6	9	1.8
Educational level
Low	28	6.0	34	6.8	0.646
High	435	94.0	468	93.2
Cigarette smoking
No	395	85.1	427	84.7	0.860
Yes daily	69	14.9	77	15.3
Shisha smoking
No	319	69.0	367	72.8	0.197
Yes regularly	143	31.0	137	27.2
Age groups
0–17	8	1.7	13	2.6	0.886
18–30	396	85.3	429	85.1
31–45	47	10.1	49	9.7
46+	13	2.8	13	2.6
Employment status
Unemployed	283	62.1	332	68.2	0.049
Employed	173	37.9	155	31.8
Type of work
Labourer	11	6.4	16	10.4	0.289
Clerk or in a restaurant	14	8.2	15	9.7
Technician	58	33.9	45	29.2
Specialist	82	48.0	71	46.1
Employee	6	3.5	7	4.5
Medical condition
Negative	230	56.7	316	72.1	<0.0001
Digestive	42	10.3	34	7.8
Respiratory	3	0.7	4	0.9
Cardiac	8	2.0	8	1.8
Endocrine	38	9.4	33	7.5
Urinary	6	1.5	6	1.4
Neurological	14	3.4	12	2.7
Skeletal	14	3.4	16	3.7
Asthma	11	2.7	3	0.7
Allergic reaction	40	9.9	6	1.4
Drugs taken
No	210	51.6	300	65.8	<0.0001
Over the counter	61	15.0	67	14.7
Prescribed	136	33.4	89	19.5
Losing someone close due to war
No	270	61.2	280	58.9	0.758
Yes a loved one or loved friend	4	0.9	2	0.4
Yes a relative	167	37.9	193	40.6
Distress from war noises
Negative	150	32.5	197	39.4	0.027
Positive	311	67.5	303	60.6
Changing place of living due to war
Negative	322	70.2	330	66.4	0.213
Positive	137	29.8	167	33.6

CI: confidence interval.