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Table 2 Gestational, perinatal-related factors and after birth factors as risk for JDM in univariate logistic regression models

From: The influence of environmental factors related to Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM), its course and refractoriness to treatment

Variables

JDM (%)

Control group (%)

p

Univariate logistic regression model

During gestation

   

OR

CI (95%)

P

Fetal smoking (mother and secondhand)

48.5

21

0.003*

3.55

1.58–7.96

0.002*

Maternal occupational exposure to one of the inhalable agents

26.6

5.94

0.024*

5.76

1.40–23.6

0.015*

After birth

Prematurity

14

4

0.04*

3.97

1.08–14.59

0.04*

Child’s secondhand smoke

33.3

23.4

0.26

1.93

0.79–4.67

0.15

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, *statistically significant, JDM juvenile dermatomyositis