The Prevalence of Asthma and Asthma-Like Symptoms among Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Table 1

The distribution of asthma and asthma-like symptoms according to gender in univariate models.

Asthma and asthma-like symptoms	Gender		Total	OR (CI 95%)
	Male, (%)	Female, (%)
Wheezing	23 (8.6)	20 (7.8)	43 (8.2)	1.269 (1.090-1.789)	0.042
Wheezing with breathlessness	5 (21.7)	4 (20.0)	9 (20.9)	1.197 (0.734-1.954)	0.471
Wheezing without cold	8 (34.7)	7 (35.0)	15 (34.8)	0.756 (0.463-1.234)	0.263
Woken up with chest tightness	28 (10.4)	23 (8.9)	51 (9.7)	0.854 (0.606-1.203)	0.366
Woken up with shortness of breath	27 (10.1)	21 (8.2)	48 (9.1)	1.151 (0.816-1.624)	0.422
Woken up with cough	36 (13.4)	32 (12.5)	68 (13.0)	0.800 (0.567-1.128)	0.800
Allergic rhinitis	60 (22.5)	63 (24.6)	123 (23.5)	1.312 (1.083-1.812)	0.034
Current asthma	33 (12.3)	26 (10.1)	59 (11.2)	1.146 (0.776-1.691)	0.493
Cumulative asthma	42 (15.7)	37 (14.4)	79 (15.1)	1.108 (0.786-1.562)	0.558

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. .