Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Superficial Fungal Infection among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Nepal

Table 6

Binary logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with increased fungal infection.

Risk factors associated with increased fungal infection.Presence of risk factor among fungal positive cases (%)Absence of risk factor among fungal positive cases (%)Adjusted odds ratio value

Sweating nature of skin23 (85.18)4 (14.81)10<0.001
Poultry and cattle farm occupation8 (29.62)11 (40.74)30.08
Knowledge on fungal infection9 (33.33)18 (66.66)10.7