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Table 3 Factors associated with smokeless tobacco use among rural women in Burkina Faso (n = 1730)

From: Smokeless tobacco use: its prevalence and relationships with dental symptoms, nutritional status and blood pressure among rural women in Burkina Faso

Factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

cOR

95% CI

p value

aOR

95% CI

p value

Age range (years)

 - 25–34

1

     

 - 35–49

1.58

1.80–3.69

***

2.14

1.46–3.13

***

 - > 49

6.09

4.21–8.79

***

4.31

2.86–6.48

***

Occupation: others#, vs employed/self-employed

1.04

0.79–1.37

NS

0.97

0.71–1.32

NS

Marital status: Singles vs married/cohabiting (ref)

2.15

1.48–3.14

***

1.12

0.73–1.74

NS

Having at least one family member aged ≥18 years: No, vs yes (ref)

1.25

0.92–1.69

NS

0.89

0.61–1.26

NS

*Education level: no education or primary school vs secondary or more (ref)

4.84

2.12–11.06

***

3.02

1.28–7.10

*

Current alcohol use: yes, vs no (ref.)

3.14

2.37–4.18

***

2.80

2.06–3.80

***

Presence of dental symptom: yes, vs no (ref)

2.99

2.25–3.97

***

2.59

1.91–3.51

***

Waist circumference (cm)

0.98

0.97–0.99

*

0.98

0.97- < 1.00

*

Undernourishment (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2): yes, vs no (ref)

2.47

1.80–3.39

***

1.78

1.24–2.55

**

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

1.01

> 1.00–1.02

**

1.01

> 1.00–1.03

*

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

> 0.99

0.98–1.01

NS

0.97

0.95–0.99

**

Blood sugar (mmol/L)

1.10

1.01–1.20

*

1.06

0.96–1.18

NS

HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.08

0.81–1.43

NS

0.90

0.64–1.25

NS

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.05

0.88–1.24

NS

0.97

0.78–1.21

NS

  1. NS indicates Non-Significant p value; * indicates p value < 0.05; ** indicates p value < 0.01; *** indicates p value < 0.001
  2. cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, others#: included professions with inconstant incomes (students, homemakers, and the unemployed). In this multivariate model, by replacing the dichotomic variable “undernourishment: yes or no” with the quantitative variable “BMI in kg/m2” and the two quantitative variables SBP and DBP with the differential blood pressure (SBP-DBP in mmHg), we observed that the decrease in the unit of BMI (aOR = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.83–0.93; p < 0.001) or the increase in the unit of differential blood pressure (aOR = 1.01; 95% CI: > 1.00–1.02; p < 0.05) were significantly associated with SLT use