TABLE II.
Unadjusted and adjusted ORs for asthma, wheeze, and hay fever for a 1–log-unit increase in IgG antibody concentrations to A actinomycetemcomitans and P gingivalis
OR (95% CI) for a 1–log-unit increase in IgG concentration |
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Asthma |
Wheeze |
Hay fever |
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Pathogen | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Unadjusted | Adjusted* |
A actinomycetemcomitans | 0.51 (0.18-1.43) | 0.56 (0.19-1.72) | 0.35 (0.18-0.68) | 0.39 (0.17-0.86) | 0.37 (0.20-0.69) | 0.48 (0.23-1.03) |
P gingivalis | 0.41 (0.21-0.79) | 0.41 (0.20-0.87) | 0.34 (0.18-0.66) | 0.43 (0.23-0.78) | 0.34 (0.17-0.68) | 0.45 (0.23-0.93) |
Adjusted by all variables shown in Table I.