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From: Prevalence and factors associated with work-related asthma among carpenters in Parakou, northern Benin

Table 3. Factors associated with work-related asthma among carpenters surveyed in 2024 in Parakou.

Variables	n/N	%	Bivariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variables	n/N	%	cOR	95% CI	p-value	aOR	95% CI	p-value
Age			0.97	0.93–1.02	0.266	-	-	-
Allergic rhinitis
No	6/101	5.9	1			1
Yes	9/43	20.9	4.19	1.41–13.3	0.011	3.90	1.13–14.5	0.033
Urticaria
No	7/121	5.8	1			1
Yes	8/23	34.8	8.69	2.76–28.3	0.0002	8.21	2.24–31.9	0.002
Family atopy
No	9/122	7.4	1			1
Yes	6/22	27.3	4.7	1.42–14.9	0.009	1.27	0.08–26.2	0.9
Family asthma
No	9/120	7.5	1			1
Yes	6/24	25.0	4.11	1.25–12.9	0.016	2.74	0.12–39	0.5
Current smoker
No	13/129	10.1	1			-	-	-
Yes	2/15	13.3	1.32	0.33–5.31	0.48	-	-	-
Seniority			0.9	0.92–1.02	0.225	-	-	-
Work environment
Well-ventilated	2/41	4.9	1			1
Confined	13/103	12.6	2.82	0.73–18.6	0.178	3.09	0.66–23.9	0.2
Use of varnishes
No	1/8	12.5	1			-	-	-
Yes	14/136	10.3	0.8	0.13–15.6	0.8	-	-	-
Use of paint
No	6/43	14.0	1			-	-	-
Yes	9/101	8.9	0.6	0.20–1.91	0.4	-	-	-

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cOR: crude odds ratio; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank all the carpenters in Parakou, Benin, who participated in this study.

Author contributions

ME: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. SA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. IMC: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. DA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing—original draft. APW: Validation, Writing—review & editing. GA: Validation, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

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Ethical approval

The protocol was submitted to the Local Ethics Committee for Biomedical Research at the University of Parakou, which granted prior approval (REF: 776/2024/CLERB-UP/P/SP/R/SA). Authorizations were obtained from the Borgou Departmental Health Directorate and the Parakou Town Hall. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association.

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