Table 4

ORs and 95% CIs for associations between wheeze in the last 12 months and age at migration and time since migration, stratified by direction of migration. ORs adjusted for age, sex and socioeconomic variables

Rural to urbanUrban to urban
DimensionsCategoriesOR*(95% CI)pOR*(95% CI)p
Age at migration (years)Non-migrant11
 ≤3 vs NM1.05(0.44 to 2.49)0.9091.30(0.76 to 2.19)0.319
 >3 vs NM2.51(1.56 to 3.97)<0.0010.67(0.38 to 1.18)0.164
Time since migration (years)Non-migrant11
 <32.34(1.26 to 4.33)0.0070.94(0.51 to 1.73)0.840
 3–53.03(1.49 to 6.15)0.0020.41(0.15 to 1.13)0.086
 >51.15(0.54 to 2.46)0.7141.28(0.74 to 2.20)0.374
  • *OR adjusted by sex, age, farm environment, quality of the house and consumption junk food.