Response to: Comment on “Prevalence, Etiology, and Risk Factors of Tinea Pedis and Tinea Unguium in Tunisia”

Table 1

Odds ratio of predisposing factors affecting foot mycosis epidemiology.

Predisposing factors	Odds ratio	95% CI	value	Risk type
Sex	1.5635	0.7659 to 3.1916	0.2196	Absent
Ritual washing	0.7660	0.4058 to 1.4459	0.4108	Protector
Diabetes	0.8962	0.3579 to 2.2441	0.8149	Protector
Peripheral vascular disease	1.5683	0.6744 to 3.6467	0.2960	Absent
Autoimmune disease	5.1405	0.3045 to 86.7710	0.2562	Increase
Dermatological pathology	3.1878	0.1848 to 55.0016	0.4250	Increase
Obesity	2.3353	0.1326 to 41.1320	0.5623	Increase
Physical activities	0.4898	0.2379 to 1.0085	0.0527	Protector
Family history	0.6837	0.3596 to 1.2999	0.2461	Protector
Application of henna	0.7941	0.0935 to 6.7479	0.8328	Protector
Communal shower	0.8596	0.4637 to 1.5937	0.6311	Protector
Nail trauma	1.2677	0.6035 to 2.6628	0.5310	Absent
Wearing used shoes	15.702	2.1324 to 115.6224	0.0069	Increase
Season^(a)	0.0425	0.0129 to 0.1398	0.0001	Protector
Psoriasis	1.7753	0.0984 to 32.0326	0.6973	Absent
Fungal infection of the skin	2.0545	0.1154 to 36.5672	0.6240	Increase
Occlusive shoes	14.391	0.8718 to 237.5528	0.0623	Increase
Swimming pools	8.3218	0.4995 to 138.6327	0.1398	Increase
Smoking	3.7646	0.2201 to 64.3923	0.3601	Increase
Walking barefoot	0.7220	0.2641 to 1.9737	0.5255	Protector
Pedicure	15.474	0.9382 to 255.2066	0.0554	Increase
Thermal station	0.4353	0.1767 to 1.0724	0.0706	Protector
Associated fingernail onychomycosis	0.5434	0.2109 to 1.4003	0.2066	Protector
Immunosuppressive drugs	0.8067	0.4118 to 1.5804	0.5313	Protector
Age (years)
1 to 10	0.1254	0.0245 to 0.6408	0.0126	Protector
11 to 20	0.3458	0.1184 to 1.0095	0.0521	Protector
21 to 30	0.6783	0.3082 to 1.4925	0.3346	Protector
31 to 40	0.9510	0.4373 to 2.0679	0.8991	Protector
41 to 50	2.4662	0.9429 to 6.4505	0.0658	Increase
51 to 60	1.1572	0.5349 to 2.5034	0.7107	Absent
61 to 70	1.0117	0.3768 to 2.7165	0.9816	Absent
>70	2.9077	0.3818 to 22.1439	0.3028	Absent

^(a)Significance of “spring compared to other seasons (summer  +  autumn  +  winter).”