Table 4 Relationship between the non-clinical characteristics and the risk of a child sustaining an aerodigestive foreign bodies

Age of child [years]

≤5

1

>5

0.5

0.21 – 1.16

0.11

Sex

Male

1

Female

0.51

0.23 – 1.12

0.09

Age of mother [years]

≤25

1

26 – 35

0.41

0.16 – 1.06

0.07

>35

0.67

0.24 – 1.91

0.46

Socioeconomic status

Lower

1

Middle

0.37

0.13 – 1.08

0.07

Upper

0.30

0.12 – 0.73

0.01*

District of origin

Mbarara

1

Other

2.41

1.09 – 5.34

0.03*