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Table 3 Correlates of 1-h time weighted average CO exposure > 35 ppm

From: Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda: a cohort study

Characteristic

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Odds Ratio

95% CI

Biomass cooking - charcoal

15.4***

7.6, 31.5

11.3***

4.7, 27.4

Kerosene lighting

0.4**

0.2, 0.8

0.9

0.4, 2.0

Cooking distance from homea

1.0

0.9, 1.0

  

Trash burning at home

0.6

0.3, 1.3

0.5

0.2, 1.1

Dry Season

0.8

0.4, 1.6

  

Smoking

0.8

0.3, 1.9

  

Urban residence

3.6***

1.8, 7.4

1.5

0.6, 3.7

Home ventilationb

0.7***

0.5, 0.8

0.8

0.7, 1.0

Farmer

0.3**

0.2, 0.7

0.9

0.4, 2.2

  1. Reference categories: biomass - firewood; lighting – electricity, solar, or battery power; season - rainy; residence – rural
  2. CO Carbon monoxide, CI Confidence interval, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
  3. ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001
  4. aper additional meter; b per additional window