Table 4 Parameters associated with e-cigarette exposure routes for incidents reported to European Poison Centers, 2012–2105
Ingestion (n = 199) | Respiratory (n = 199) | Dermal (n = 187) | Ocular (n = 156) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aOR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
Age | ||||||||
≥19 years | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||
6–18 years | 1.15 (0.45–2.97) | 0.766 | 0.97 (0.30–3.11) | 0.958 | 1.30 (0.32–5.28) | 0.709 | 0.27 (0.03–2.35) | 0.236 |
≤5 years | 4.36 (1.87–10.18) | 0.001 | 0.46 (0.15–1.42) | 0.176 | 0.37 (0.11–1.20) | 0.096 | 0.10 (0.02–0.48) | 0.004 |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | REF | REF | REF | REF | ||||
Female | 1.12 (0.62–2.02) | 0.717 | 0.89 (0.42–1.87) | 0.596 | 0.80 (0.31–2.06) | 0.648 | 2.16 (0.78–5.95) | 0.137 |
Exposure | ||||||||
Intentional | REF | REF | REF | - | - | |||
Unintentional | 1.50 (0.79–2.82) | 0.215 | 0.15 (0.07–0.32) | <0.001 | 13.22 (1.70–102.56) | 0.014 | - | - |
Type | ||||||||
Non-refillable or Unknown | REF | REF | - | - | REF | |||
Refillable e-cigarette | 13.05 (3.11–54.72) | <0.001 | 0.32 (0.08–1.27) | 0.107 | - | - | 0.14 (0.03–0.71) | 0.017 |