Table 3 Factors associated with vernal keratoconjunctivitis of study population among children living in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | VKC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | COR (95 % CI) | AOR (95 % CI) | |
Age category in years | ||||
2-5 | 8 | 185 | 1.00 | |
6-10 | 22 | 279 | 1.82 (0.79, 4.18) | |
11-18 | 13 | 230 | 1.30 (0.53, 3.22) | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 28 | 348 | 1.86 (0.97, 3.54) | |
Female | 15 | 346 | 1.00 | |
Child educational status | ||||
Preschool | 31 | 457 | 1.34 (0.68, 2.67) | |
Primary/secondary school | 12 | 237 | 1.00 | |
House hold educational status | ||||
Unable to write and read | 6 | 88 | 1.76 (0.55, 5.63) | |
Primary school | 16 | 222 | 1.86 (0.71, 4.86) | |
Secondary school | 15 | 229 | 1.69 (0.64, 4.46) | |
College/university | 6 | 155 | 1.00 | |
Number of rooms in the house | ||||
1-2 | 11 | 239 | 1.00 | |
3 and above | 32 | 455 | 0.65 (0.32, 1.32) | |
House floor condition | ||||
Ceramics/cemented | 4 | 272 | 1.00 | |
Earth/soil | 39 | 422 | 6.29 (2.22, 17.79) | |
Sleeping material | ||||
Foam | 33 | 525 | 1.06 (0.51, 2.2) | |
Cotton/hay | 10 | 169 | 1.00 | |
Cooking room condition | ||||
Separated room | 18 | 330 | 1.00 | |
Within living room | 10 | 217 | 0.84 (0.38, 1.86) | |
Open field | 15 | 147 | 1.87 (0.92, 3.81) | |
Cooking material | ||||
Firewood/kerosene | 34 | 435 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Electric power | 9 | 259 | 0.44 (0.94, 0.21) | 0.16 (0.62, 0.04)* |
Distance of house from main road | ||||
Up to 500 m | 29 | 361 | 1.9 (0.99, 3.68) | |
500 m and above | 14 | 333 | 1.00 | |
Dust exposure | ||||
No | 8 | 508 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 35 | 186 | 11.95 (5.44, 26.2) | 10.0 (4.16, 20.0)** |
Child non-ocular allergic history | ||||
No | 26 | 627 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 17 | 67 | 6.12 (3.16, 11.85) | 4 (1.92, 8.33)** |
Family ocular allergic history | ||||
No | 27 | 626 | 1.00 | |
Yes | 16 | 68 | 5.45 (2.8, 10.63) | |
Family non-ocular allergic history | ||||
No | 28 | 652 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Yes | 15 | 42 | 8.32 (4.13, 16.76) | 3.57 (1.39, 9.09)** |