From: Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Kenya: a case–control study
MALE | FEMALE | |||||
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Variable | aOR | 95% CI | p-value | aOR | 95% CI | p-value |
Clinical | ||||||
HIV-infected | 2.67 | (1.51, 4.71) | 0.001 | 3.06 | (1.66, 5.64) | <0.001 |
History of coryza | 2.36 | (1.42, 3.92) | 0.001 | 2.30 | (1.26, 4.18) | 0.006 |
Splenomegaly | 2.24 | (1.07, 4.72) | 0.033 | 3.44 | (1.55, 7.64) | 0.002 |
Anemia | 2.32 | (1.34, 4.00) | 0.003 | 3.25 | (1.70, 6.20) | <0.001 |
Malaria | 0.04 | (0.01, 0.16) | <0.001 | 0.15 | (0.05, 0.48) | 0.001 |
Presence of BCG scar | 0.33 | (0.16, 0.69) | 0.003 | |||
Previous history of pneumonia | ||||||
Pneumonia >2 yrs. ago | 8.35 | (1.07, 65.25) | <0.001 | 26.57 | (4.80, 147.21) | <0.001 |
Pneumonia <2 yrs. ago | 17.99 | (3.77, 85.73) | 3.19 | (0.63, 16.18) | ||
Previous history of TB infection | ||||||
TB >2 yrs. ago | 4.38 | (1.18, 16.31) | 0.033 | – | ||
TB <2 yrs. ago | 7.51 | (0.72, 77.95) | – | |||
MUAC | ||||||
< 22 | 1 | <0.001 | – | |||
22–23 | 2.60 | (1.26, 5.36) | – | |||
24–25 | 0.94 | (0.44, 2.00) | ||||
26–27 | 0.47 | (0.20, 1.10) | – | |||
28+ | 0.18 | (0.07, 0.48) | – | |||
Drugs | ||||||
Smoking | 0.001 | |||||
Passive smoker | 2.12 | (0.68, 6.68) | – | |||
Ex-smoker | 3.00 | (1.37, 6.54) | – | |||
Recent ex-smoker | 13.06 | (2.86, 59.58) | – | |||
Current smoker | 2.79 | (1.57, 4.98) | – | |||
Khat (miraa) | 4.85 | (2.07, 11.38) | <0.001 | – | ||
Snuff | – | 4.34 | (1.87, 10.05) | 0.001 | ||
Contact | ||||||
Exposure to chickens | 2.47 | (1.46, 4.17) | 0.001 | |||
Exposure to ducks | – | 7.59 | (1.47, 39.16) | 0.015 | ||
Exposure to sheep | – | 6.91 | (1.02, 46.69) | 0.047 |