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Table 5 Correlates of self-reported respiratory symptoms, stratified by sex

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

Characteristic

Men

(220 sampling periods)

Women

(200 sampling periods)

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

HIV serostatus

4.7*

1.4, 16.3

0.6

0.3, 1.2

1-h CO > 35 ppm

1.3

0.4, 4.4

3.3*

1.1, 10.0

Smoking status

 Current

1.4

0.3, 6.2

2.8

0.4, 18.2

 Former

1.4

0.5, 4.2

0.9

0.4, 1.9

  1. Reference categories: sex - male; HIV serostatus - negative; smoking - never-smoker; biomass - firewood
  2. p value for CO x sex interaction term = 0.70
  3. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, CO Carbon monoxide, ppm Parts per million
  4. *p < 0.05
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