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Table 4 Logistic regression estimates of the risk factors of each symptom among residents of transitional camps.

From: Sri Lankan tsunami refugees: a cross sectional study of the relationships between housing conditions and self-reported health

Independent variables

 

Dependant variables

  

Unwell

Cough

Stomach ache

Diarrhoea

Headache

General aches and pains

  

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Exp. (B) (95% CI)

Age (yrs) (base value 18, unit yrs)

-

-

-

-

-

1.06 (1.03–1.09)***

Male

 

1

-

-

-

1

-

Female

 

2.93 (1.33–6.45)**

-

-

-

4.80 (2.09–11.03)***

-

People/room (base value 0.5, units 1 P/r)

-

-

1.40 (1.09–1.79)***

-

1.33 (1.01–1.77)*

-

Mould

None

-

-

-

-

1

-

 

Some

-

-

-

-

0.70 (0.30–3.89)

-

 

Lots

-

-

-

-

3.63 (1.30–10.15)*

-

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001