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Table 3 Children who cough in relation to age, passive smoking and a poverty index. Logistic regression. CI=Confidence interval.

From: Cross-sectional study of morbidity, morbidity-associated factors and cost of treatment in Ngaoundere, Cameroon, with implications for health policy in developing countries and development assistance policy

Independent variable

Coefficient

P-value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Age

0.179

<0.001

 

Passive smoking

1.278

0.001

3.58 (1.72 to 7.46)

Poverty (categorical 0–3)

 

0.018