Association between Chronic Urticaria and Helicobacter pylori Infection among Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania
Table 3
Odds of association between CU and H. pylori (n = 110).
Variables
COR (95% CI)
values
AOR (95% CI)
value
Positive H. pylori antigen test
Yes
5.5 (1.2–24.8)
0.025
6.2 (1.2–32.3)
0.029
No
Ref
—
Ref
—
Sex
Male
Ref
—
Ref
—
Female
0.5 (0.4–2.5)
1.0
1.3 (0.4–4)
0.607
Age cantered at the mean (years)
0.9 (0.8–1.1)
0.239
0.9 (0.7–1.1)
0.233
Area of residence
Urban
1.8 (0.7–4.2)
0.207
1.7 (0.6–4.4)
0.287
Rural
Ref
—
Ref
—
History of treatmentsβ
Yes
4.5 (0.9–20.8)
0.054
4.8 (0.9–25.1)
0.061
No
Ref
—
Ref
—
Adjusted for age, sex, area of residence, and history of been treated of peptic ulcer/duodenal ulcer/gastritis; βbeen treated of peptic ulcer/duodenal ulcer/gastritis.