Magnitude of Podoconiosis and Its Associated Factors among an Adult Population in Waghmra Zone, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Factors affecting Podoconiosis in Waghmra zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variable		Podoconiosis		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		No	Yes
Age	18-34	379	11	1	1
	35-44	187	10	1.84 (0.77, 4.42)	1.6 (0.56, 4.55)	0.38
	45-64	192	13	2.33 (1.03, 5.31)	1.36 (0.5, 3.69)	0.55
Sex	Male	324	20	1	1
	Female	434	14	0.52 (0.26, 1.05)	0.55 (0.22, 1.38)	0.2
Educational status	Illiterate	476	28	2.77 (1.13, 6.76)	1.68 (0.59, 4.81)	0.33
	Primary and above	282	6	1	1
Occupation	Farming activities	434	26	2.43 (1.08, 5.43)	1.17 (0.41, 3.32)	0.77
	Nonfarming activities	324	8	1	1
Family number	Less than 4	249	5	1	1
	4 and above	509	29	2.84 (1.09, 7.42)	3.29 (1.01, 10.661)	0.048
Distance from health facility	Less than 3 km	672	17	1	1
	3 km and above	86	17	7.81 (3.85, 15.87)	6.69 (1.61, 27.86)	0.009
Time taken to reach nearby health facility	Below mean (<22.07 km)	560	14	1	1
	Mean and above (≥22.07 km)	198	20	4.04 (2.00, 8.15)	1.16 (0.3, 4.5)	0.83
Distance from water source	≤4 km	674	27	1	1
	>4 km	84	7	2.08 (0.88, 4.92)	1.65 (0.52, 5.21)	0.4
Shoe wearing habit	Yes	648	15	1	1
	No	110	19	7.46 (3.68, 15.12)	5.02 (1.97, 12.78)	0.001
Age at 1^st shoe wear	2-10 years	522	9	1	1
	>10	236	25	6.14 (2.82, 13.37)	4.46 (1.79, 11.10)	0.001
Feet washing habit	Yes	449	9	1	1
	No	309	25	4.04 (1.86, 8.77)	3.87 (1.52, 9.88)	0.005
Shoe wearing habit during traveling	Yes	647	20	1
	No	111	14	4.08 (2.00, 8.32)	1.69 (0.61, 4.63)	0.31
Ever sick health facility	Yes	470	17	1	1
	No	288	17	1.63 (0.82, 3.25)	2.51 (0.97, 6.51)	0.058

AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.