Table 6

Factors associated with ALA in people with podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka ‘woreda’, January–March 2015

VariableALACOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)p Value
Yes (%)No (%)
Situations in which people with podoconiosis walk barefoot
Farming
 Y*83 (22.7)242 (66)1.14 (0.54 to 2.29)1.46 (0.6 to 3.6)0.403
 N*17 (4.6)24 (6.5)11
Non-Farming
 Y74 (20)251 (68.5)0.56 (0.24 to 1.3)0.39 (0.14 to 1.05)0.063
 N34 (9.2)20 (5.4)11
Home
 Y78 (21.3)247 (67.5)1.84 (0.86 to 3.94)1.48 (0.49 to 4.1) 0.384
 N20 (5.5)21 (5.7)111
Always barefooted
 Y26 (7.01)299 (81.7)0.49 (0.09 to 2.49)0.41 (0.06 to 2.54)0.335
 N2 (0.54)39 (10.6)111
Never walk barefooted
 N204 (55.7)38 (10.4)111
 Y118 (32.2)6 (1.6)0.31 (0.13 to 0.71)0.23 (0.06 to 0.80)0.025
Wash feet daily
 N1 (0.27)42 (11.5)111
 Y52 (14.2)271 (74.2)0.11 (0.01 to 0.85)0.09 (0.01 to 0.75)0.026
Age of patients
 15–2458 (15.84)19 (5.1)111
 25–3480 (22.13)8 2.18)0.40 (0.06 to 2.52)47.7 (3.96 to 574)0.06
 35–4481 (22.13)6 (1.63)0.20 (0.03 to 1.26)5.36 (0.63 to 45)0.124
 45–5461 (16.67)6 (1.64)0.15 (0.02 to 0.98)1.93 (0.30 to 12)0.482
 55–6443 (11.75)2 (0.5)0.19 (0.03 to 1.30)0.93 (0.14 to 6.19)0.940
 65+1 (0.27)1 (0.27)0.09 (0.01 to 0.84)1.36 (0.20 to 8.97)0.744
Clinical stage
 Stage 11 (0.27)1 (0.27)111
 Stage 2133 (36.3)26 (7.01)0.39 (0.06 to 2.24)0.56 (0.01 to 22.3)0.762
 Stage 3102 (27.9)13 (3.55)0.26 (0.04 to 1.53)0.68 (0.01 to 27.9)0.839
 Stage 462 (16.9)4 (1.36)0.13 (0.01 to 0.93)0.46 (0.01 to 21.9)0.697
 Stage 524 (6.5)0
Mossy appearance
 Y194 (53)32 (8.7)2.06 (1 to 4.2)1.19 (0.43 to 3.2)0.739
 N124 (33.8)13 (3.5)111
Presence of wound
 Y199 (54.3)30 (8.2)1.53 (0.7 to 3.04)0.55 (0.27 to 2.0)0.737
 N260 (71.0)22 (6)111
  • AOR, adjusted OR; COR, crude OR; N*=No; Y**=Yes.