Bivariate logistic regression among urbanicity score, urban variables and asthma definitions
| Indicators | Wheeze ever | Current wheeze | Doctor diagnosis | ||||||
| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Urbanicity score ‡ | 1.033* | (1.0 to 1.07) | 0.05 | 1.032† | (0.98 to 1.08) | 0.156† | 1.06 | (1.02 to 1.09) | 0.001 |
| Population size§ | 1.04 | (0.96 to 1.12) | 0.356 | 0.96 | (0.76 to 1.15) | 0.660 | 1.14 | (1.04 to 1.24) | 0.006 |
| Population density¶ | 1.02 | (0.96 to 1.08) | 0.533 | 0.98 | (0.90 to 1.06) | 0.702 | 1.07 | (0.99 to 1.15) | 0.082 |
| Non-agriculture activities** | 1.04 | (0.99 to 1.07) | 0.078 | 1.01 | (0.95 to 1.07) | 0.804 | 1.05 | (0.99 to 1.12) | 0.116 |
| Secondary education** | 1.10 | (0.98 to 1.20) | 0.09 | 1.15 | (1.0 to 1.30) | 0.04 | 1.18 | (1.05 to 1.31) | 0.006 |
| Commercial activities** | 1.06 | (0.99 to 1.11) | 0.057 | 1.05 | (0.97 to 1.11) | 0.221 | 1.11 | (1.03 to 1.18) | 0.007 |
| Concrete housing** | 1.12 | (1.03 to 1.20) | 0.008 | 1.10 | (0.98 to 1.19) | 0.1 | 1.15 | (1.00 to 1.31) | 0.054 |
| Mobile phone access** | 1.09 | (0.96 to 1.22) | 0.154 | 1.14 | (0.95 to 1.32) | 0.133 | 1.24 | (1.02 to 1.47) | 0.034 |
| Internet access** | 1.21 | (0.92 to 1.49) | 0.153 | 1.16 | (0.76 to 1.57) | 0.429 | 1.46 | (1.08 to 1.86) | 0.019 |
| Computer access** | 1.15 | (0.99 to 1.32) | 0.064 | 1.25 | (1.01 to 1.44) | 0.014 | 1.32 | (1.14 to 1.50) | 0.001 |
| Satellite TV access** | 1.04 | (0.99 to 1.08) | 0.109 | 1.06 | (0.99 to 1.12) | 0.055 | 1.08 | (1.04 to 1.13) | 0.001 |
| Pavement street** | 1.06 | (0.98 to 1.13) | 0.126 | 1.06 | (0.96 to 1.14) | 0.224 | 1.08 | (0.96 to 1.19) | 0.185 |
| Sewage system** | 1.12 | (1.03 to 1.21) | 0.005 | 1.03 | (0.92 to 1.13) | 0.614 | 1.16 | (1.02 to 1.29) | 0.02 |
| Electricity** | 1.01 | (0.91 to 1.10) | 0.843 | 1.13 | (0.92 to 1.32) | 0.22 | 1.20 | (0.94 to 1.46) | 0.137 |
| Educational institutions | 1.01 | (0.92 to 1.17) | 0.443 | 0.99 | (0.96 to 1.02) | 0.576 | 1.02 | (1.01 to 1.04) | 0.007 |
| Health facilities | |||||||||
| Health centre versus none | 1.13 | (0.81 to 1.54) | 0.467 | 1.12 | (0.83 to 1.51) | 0.462 | 0.98 | (0.65 to 1.48) | 0.922 |
| Hospital versus none | 1.16 | (0.91 to 1.46) | 0.218 | 0.87 | (0.46 to 1.62) | 0.656 | 1.45 | (1.04 to 2.03) | 0.027 |
| Road connectivity | |||||||||
| Yes versus no | 1.41 | (1.05 to 1.88) | 0.021 | 1.22 | (0.82 to 1.8) | 0.333 | 1.19 | (0.71 to 1.98) | 0.505 |
| Geographical division | |||||||||
| Community versus countryside | 1.19 | (0.79 to 1.76) | 0.395 | 0.81 | (0.41 to 1.58) | 0.53 | 1.01 | (0.5 to 2.02) | 0.977 |
| Town versus countryside | 1.008 | (0.75 to 1.34) | 0.955 | 1.08 | (0.82 to 1.41) | 0.562 | 0.98 | (0.66 to 1.45) | 0.921 |
| City versus countryside | 1.17 | (0.91 to 1.48) | 0.214 | 0.81 | (0.41 to 1.55) | 0.526 | 1.46 | (1.03 to 2.07) | 0.034 |
| Urban closeness | |||||||||
| Distant versus urban | 0.82 | (0.61 to 1.1) | 0.187 | 0.84 | (0.56 to 1.26) | 0.394 | 0.62 | (0.43 to 0.87) | 0.006 |
| Periphery versus urban | 1.31 | (0.97 to 1.74) | 0.076 | 1.43 | (0.97 to 2.1) | 0.067 | 0.88 | (0.54 to 1.49) | 0.591 |
*Adjusted by sex, environmental tabaco smoke, farm animals and bronchitis.
†Adjusted by household overcrowding, farm animals,bronchitis, and atopy.
‡Increase by point (range 0–10).
§Increase by 10 000 population.
¶increase by 1000 population /km2.
**increase by 10 percentual points.