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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate associations between poor hygiene exposures and immune response phenotype membership

From: Effects of poor hygiene on cytokine phenotypes in children in the tropics

Exposures

Spontaneous outcome (High)

SEB-stimulated outcome (Th2 modified)

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

OR

(95 % CI)

OR

(95 % CI)

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Father agricultural activities

(Yes vs. No)

0.81

(0.44;1.49)

0.79

(0.41;1.51)

0.57

(0.33;0.97)

0.55

(0.32;0.96)

Birth order (≥4th vs. ≤3rd)

0.44

(0.22;0.86)

0.48

(0.24;0.95)

2.07

(1.21;3.56)

2.04

(1.18;3.52)

Any geohelminth infection

(Yes vs. No)

0.24

(0.12;0.47)

0.25

(0.12;0.50)

1.68

(1.00; 2.82)

1.68

(0.98; 2.89)

Number peri-domiciliary animals

(> = 4 vs. <4)

0.53

(0.19;1.44)

0.88

(0.43;1.82)

0.92

(0.54;1.56)

0.89

(0.51;1.56)

  1. ORs adjusted for age, sex, area of residence, ethnicity, and other variables in model