Results
The prevalence of eczema symptoms ranged from 2.2% in Ferizaj to 5.5%
in Gjakova. Severe symptoms were <1% in all cities. Eczema
ever ranged from 3.0% in Ferizaj to 6.4% in Prizren. Factors
significantly associated to the prevalence of current eczema symptoms in
the metanalysis were male sex (pooled aOR 0.50; 95%CI 0.37-0.66);
exercise (pooled aOR 2.79; 95%CI 1.89-4.10); and paracetamol intake
(pooled 1.86; 95%CI 1.32-2.64). The corresponding figures for eczema
ever were: 0.68 95%CI 0.44-1.06; 2.07 95%CI 1.48-2.90; and 1.19 95%CI
0.88-1.60. The associations tended to be higher in the subpopulation
with eczema and wheeze comorbidity.