Asthma Symptoms in Bakeries at Parakou, Benin

Table 5

Factors associated with probable occupational asthma, after univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis among bakers at Parakou, Benin, March–September 2018.

	n/N	%	Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
			cOR	value	aOR	IC 95% aOR	value
Age			0.98	0.567
Sex				0.992
Female	0/7	(0)	1
Male	19/179	(10.61)	5.10.10^6
Family asthma				0.982
No	18/176	(10.23)	1
Yes	1/10	(10)	0.98
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis				<0.001
No	1/144	(0.69)	1
Yes	18/42	(42.86)	1.07.10^2		106	17.79 - 2093	<0.001
Eczema				<0.001
No	13/175	(7.43)	1
Yes	6/11	(54.55)	14.95		2.14	0.51 - 9.50	0.300
Smoking				0.240
No	17/177	(9.60)	1
Yes	2/9	(22.22)	2.69
Type of bakery				0.067
Sweet bread bakery	4/77	(5.19)	1		1
Salted bread bakery	15/109	(13.76)	2.91		0.60	0.12 - 2.95	0.519
Duration of bakery working			0.98	0.534

cOR = crude odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.