Table 2 Associations between generalised pruritus and selected systemic factors
From: Self-reported generalised pruritus among community-dwelling older adults in Malaysia
Factors | Generalised pruritus | Total | χ2 | p-value | Unadjusted Odds Ratio (OR) | 95% Confidence interval | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Lower | Upper | |||||
Age | – | – | – | – | 0.880 | 0.997 | 0.961 | 1.035 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 14 (30.43%) | 317 (43.78%) | 331 | 3.145 | 0.076 | 0.562 | 0.295 | 1.071 |
Female | 32 (69.57%) | 407 (56.22%) | 439 | |||||
Heart disease | 1.046 | 1.084 | ||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (2.07%) | 15 | 0.972 | 1.000 | 1.065 | ||
No | 46 (100%) | 709 (97.93%) | 755 | |||||
Hypertension | ||||||||
Yes | 28 (60.87%) | 465 (64.23%) | 493 | 0.212 | 0.646 | 0.866 | 0.470 | 1.597 |
No | 18 (39.13%) | 259 (35.77%) | 277 | |||||
Dyslipidaemia | ||||||||
Yes | 34 (73.91%) | 539 (74.45%) | 573 | 0.006 | 0.936 | 0.972 | 0.493 | 1.918 |
No | 12 (26.09%) | 185 (25.55%) | 197 | |||||
Malignancy | ||||||||
Yes | 3 (6.52%) | 28 (3.87%) | 31 | 0.789 | 0.423 | 1.734 | 0.507 | 5.932 |
No | 43 (93.48%) | 696 (96.13%) | 739 | |||||
Parkinson | ||||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (0 .55%) | 4 | 0.255 | 1.000 | 1.064 | 1.045 | 1.083 |
No | 46 (100%) | 720 (99.45%) | 766 | |||||
Depression | ||||||||
Yes | 1 (2.17%) | 17 (2.35%) | 18 | 0.006 | 1.000 | 0.924 | 0.120 | 7.102 |
No | 45 (97.83%) | 707 (97.65%) | 752 | |||||
Anxiety | ||||||||
Yes | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (2.07%) | 15 | 0.972 | 1.000 | 1.065 | 1.046 | 1.084 |
No | 46 (100.0%) | 709 (97.93%) | 755 | |||||
Diabetes mellitus | ||||||||
Yes | 26 (56.52%) | 330 (45.58%) | 356 | 2.083 | 0.149 | 1.522 | 0.851 | 2.831 |
No | 20 (43.48%) | 394 (54.42%) | 414 | |||||
Chronic kidney disease | ||||||||
Yes | 5 (10.87%) | 83 (12.15%) | 88 | 0.015 | 0.902 | 0.942 | 0.362 | 2.450 |
No | 41 (89.13%) | 641 (87.85%) | 682 | |||||
Thyroid disease | 2 (4.35%) | 39 (5.39%) | 41 | 0.093 | 1.000 | 0.798 | 0.187 | 3.415 |
Yes | 44 (95.65%) | 685 (94.61%) | 729 | |||||
No | ||||||||
Liver disease | ||||||||
Yes | 1 (2.17%) | 12 (1.66%) | 13 | 0.070 | 0.554 | 1.319 | 0.168 | 10.367 |
No | 45 (97.83%) | 712 (98.34%) | 757 | |||||
Gout | ||||||||
Yes | 6 (13.04%) | 52 (7.18%) | 58 | 2.133 | 0.148 | 1.938 | 0.786 | 4.783 |
No | 40 (86.96%) | 672 (92.82%) | 712 | |||||
Hyperuricemia | ||||||||
Yes | 7 (15.22%) | 103 (14.23%) | 110 | 0.035 | 0.852 | 1.082 | 0.471 | 2.484 |
No | 39 (84.78%) | 621 (85.77%) | 660 | |||||
Alcohol intake | ||||||||
Yes | 15 (32.61%) | 239 (33.01%) | 254 | 0.003 | 0.955 | 0.982 | 0.520 | 1.854 |
No | 31 (67.39%) | 485 (66.99%) | 516 | |||||