Table 4 Determinants of restrictive lung disorder
Socio-demographic characteristics | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Restrictive disorder (n = 300) | X2 (p value) | AOR (95% CI) | |||
Present (n = 43) n(%) | Absent (n = 257) n(%) | ||||
Age | \(\:\le\:\) 34 | 20(9.8) | 185(90.2) | 11.046 | |
\(\:>\:\) 34 | 23(24.2) | 72(75.8) | (< 0.001) | 2.094 (0.953–4.602) | |
Gender | Male | 26(13.0) | 174(87.0) | 0.869 | |
Female | 17(17.0) | 83(83.0) | (0.351) | NA | |
Nationality | Nigerian | 41(15.2) | 229(84.8) | 1.873 | |
Others | 2(6.7) | 28(93.3) | (0.171) | NA | |
Education | Primary and below | 19(11.4) | 147(88.6) | 2.524 | |
Secondary and above | 24(17.9) | 110(82.1) | (0.112) | NA | |
Duration of exposure (in years | ≤ 5 years | 12(8.8) | 125(91.2) | 11.123 | |
> 5years – 10years | 24(16.8) | 119(83.2) | (0.004) | 2.880 (1.234–6.720) | |
> 10years | 7(35.0) | 13(65.0) | 9.645 (2.601–35.766) | ||
Smoking habits | Have smoked | 27(30.3) | 62(69.7) | 26.394 | |
Never smoked | 16(7.6) | 195(92.4) | (< 0.001) | 3.558 (1.631–7.762) | |
Past history of respiratory illness | Yes | 1(5.9) | 16(94.1) | 1.048 | |
No | 42(14.8) | 241(85.2) | (0.306) | NA | |
Use of protective measures | Used | 31(30.7) | 70(69.3) | 33.188 | |
Did not use | 12(6.0) | 187(94.0) | (< 0.001) | 0.114 (0.050–0.262) | |
Exposure to dust/smoke from other jobs | Yes | 7(18.9) | 30(81.1) | 0.723 | |
No | 36(13.7) | 227(86.3) | (0.395) | NA | |