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Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 May 28;107(2):120–126. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.04.018

Table 3.

aORs (95% CIs) for Asthma Diagnosis at 7 Years of Age by Predictor Variables of the 176 Study Children

Predictor variable^a	aOR (95% CI)
ERMI at 1 year of age (high vs low)^b	2.6 (1.10–6.26)
Parental asthma (yes vs no)	4.0 (1.69–9.62)
Dust mite sensitization at 7 years of age (positive vs negative)	4.1 (1.55–11.07)
Air-conditioning at 1 year of age (yes vs no)	0.3 (0.14–0.83)

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ERMI, Environmental Relative Moldiness Index.

These variables remained statistically significant (P < .05) in a full multivariate model, which initially included ERMI, parental asthma, air-conditioning, race, income, and cigarette smoking.

High ERMI defined as 5.2 or greater.