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Table 4 Univariate odds ratios of subjects’ characteristic for SBS symptoms

From: Relation of dampness to sick building syndrome in Japanese public apartment houses

 

Eye

Nose

Skin

Throat and/or cough

General

All or any

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95%CI)

P

OR (95%CI)

P

Gender

female (vs. male)

1.50 (0.58–3.39)

0.455

2.35 (1.19–4.46)

0.014

1.15 (0.19–2.69)

0.743

2.61 (1.19–5.71)

0.017

2.00 (0.80–5.00)

0.138

1.98 (1.16–3.38)

0.013

Age

 ≤30

3.39 (0.99–11.5)

0.051

1.44 (0.39–5.25)

0.585

4.44 (1.41–14.0)

0.011

2.62 (0.88–7.78)

0.083

0.54 (0.07–4.23)

0.554

2.04 (0.80–5.24)

0.137

 30–39

1.10 (0.34–3.56)

0.878

3.40 (1.64–7.04)

0.001

1.69 (0.60–4.76)

0.317

1.77 (0.78–4.04)

0.173

1.22 (0.45–3.27)

0.695

2.44 (1.31–4.55)

0.005

 40–49

0.69 (0.15–3.21)

0.636

1.83 (0.75–4.47)

0.182

0.34 (0.04–2.68)

0.305

1.57 (0.62–3.97)

0.339

1.03 (3.28–3.24)

0.959

1.68 (0.81–3.45)

0.161

 50–59

1.08 (0.39–2.99)

0.889

1.60 (0.77–3.36)

0.211

0.70 (0.22–2.26)

0.555

0.86 (0.36–2.05)

0.738

0.51 (0.16–1.56)

0.236

1.09 (0.58–2.03)

0.799

 ≥60

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Occupation

 Full-time

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 Part-time

0.53 (0.13–2.12)

0.371

0.90 (0.38–2.14)

0.814

0.46 (0.12–0.18)

0.264

1.15 (0.43–3.11)

0.784

1.30 (0.40–4.17)

0.662

1.54 (0.76–3.12)

0.232

 Retired or unemployed

0.99 (0.40–2.48)

0.985

1.10 (0.57–2.13)

0.782

0.86 (0.36–2.07)

0.735

1.50 (0.69–3.28)

0.305

1.32 (0.51–3.43)

0.563

1.38 (0.77–2.48)

0.282

 Student, unknown

1.71 (1.89–15.5)

0.632

0.80 (0.09–6.82)

0.840

0.00a

0.999

1.31 (0.15–11.5)

0.808

0.00a

0.999

0.60 (0.07–5.02)

0.636

Allergy or asthma

4.63 (1.83–11.7)

0.001

11.9 (5.30–26.9)

<0.0001

3.75 (1.55–9.04)

0.003

4.75 (2.36–9.57)

<0.0001

2.59 (1.19–5.66)

0.017

5.39 (3.20–9.07)

<0.0001

  1. aConfidence interval: incalculable