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Table 5 Multivariable analysis of the factors associated with COPD among study participants

From: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease burden, grades and erythrocytosis at a tertiary hospital in western Uganda

Variable

AOR

95% C. I

P value

Lower

Upper

Age groups

 < 50 years

0.052

0.010

0.277

0.001

 50 to 59 years

0.410

0.131

1.282

0.125

 60 to 69 years

0.473

0.179

1.252

0.132

 ≥ 70 Years

Ref

   

History of smoking tobacco

 Yes

Ref

   

 No

0.610

0.189

1.971

0.408

Biomass burning

 Charcoal

Ref

   

 Kerosene

18.835

0.799

444.224

0.069

 Firewood

0.990

0.225

4.366

0.990

 Oxygen saturation

0.876

0.742

1.035

0.120

 Years Smoked

1.065

1.013

1.119

0.014