Association between Chronic Urticaria and Helicobacter pylori Infection among Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania

Table 3

Odds of association between CU and H. pylori (n = 110).

Variables	COR (95% CI)	values	AOR (95% CI)	value
Positive H. pylori antigen test
Yes	5.5 (1.2–24.8)	0.025	6.2 (1.2–32.3)	0.029
No	Ref	—	Ref	—
Sex
Male	Ref	—	Ref	—
Female	0.5 (0.4–2.5)	1.0	1.3 (0.4–4)	0.607
Age cantered at the mean (years)	0.9 (0.8–1.1)	0.239	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	0.233
Area of residence
Urban	1.8 (0.7–4.2)	0.207	1.7 (0.6–4.4)	0.287
Rural	Ref	—	Ref	—
History of treatments^β
Yes	4.5 (0.9–20.8)	0.054	4.8 (0.9–25.1)	0.061
No	Ref	—	Ref	—

Adjusted for age, sex, area of residence, and history of been treated of peptic ulcer/duodenal ulcer/gastritis; ^βbeen treated of peptic ulcer/duodenal ulcer/gastritis.