Table 5.

Multivariate logistic regression models of potential risk factors for sensitization to foods or aeroallergens (n=1995)

	Sensitization to at least one food			Sensitization to at least one aeroallergen
	OR	%95_CI	p value	OR	%95_CI	p value
Age (years)
11-17	1			1
>=18	0.67	0.51,0.89	0.005	0.88	0.69,1.13	0.317
Sex
male	1			1
female	0.94	0.72,1.21	0.623	0.7	0.56,0.89	0.003
Education
Primary school & lower	1			1
Junior middle school	0.85	0.64,1.13	0.269	1.12	0.87,1.45	0.390
High school & above	0.93	0.65,1.33	0.701	1.30	0.94,1.79	0.114
Occupation
Farmer	1			1
Others	1.06	0.76,1.49	0.729	1.05	0.78,1.41	0.734
pet
No	1			1
Yes	1.14	0.90,1.43	0.285	1.04	0.84,1.29	0.734
Farm animal
No	1			1
Yes	0.93	0.69,1.25	0.637	1.02	0.78,1.33	0.903
Mice in house
No	1			1
Yes, occasionally	1.11	0.85,1.46	0.428	1.10	0.87,1.41	0.425
Yes, some or many	0.97	0.70,1.36	0.862	1.11	0.82,1.51	0.484
Cockroach
No	1			1
Yes, occasionally	1.08	0.85,1.38	0.514	0.88	0.71,1.10	0.267
Yes, some or many	1.13	0.73,1.76	0.584	0.90	0.61,1.33	0.604
Breast feeding
No	1			1
Yes	1.01	0.81,1.26	0.932	1.03	0.85,1.26	0.743
Current smoking
No	1			1
Yes	0.85	0.60,1.20	0.351	0.99	0.73,1.34	0.924
Passive smoking
No	1			1
Yes	0.82	0.65,1.04	0.101	1.07	0.87,1.32	0.534

Sample size for this analysis is decreased (from 2118 to 1995) for this analysis due to missing data for some covariates.

Age and sex were not found to modify these associations