Occupational Health Risk of Waste Pickers: A Case Study of Northern Region of South Africa

Table 5

Association between landfill exposure, age, and infectious and chronic diseases.

Factor	b	Crude ORa (95% CI)	Adjusted ORb (95% CI)	value
Landfill exposure	0.237	1.255 (1.094, 3.292)	1.355 (1.102, 2.121)	0.025
Age	1.109	2.103 (1.824, 4.048)	2.217 (1.108, 3.311)	0.007
Infectious diseases	0.164	1.642 (1.0008, 1.039)	2.081 (1.349, 2.109)	0.021
Chronic diseases	0.184	1.035 (1.081, 1.042)	2.136 (1.406, 2.254)	0.004

^aSimple logistic regression. ^bMultiple logistic regression. Statistically significant (0.05).