Table III.
Unadjusted and adjusted OR (95% confidence interval) for the association between obesity measure with mild or moderate/severe asthma in children with allergic rhinitis
| Obesity measures | No asthma | Mild asthma |
Moderate/Severe asthma |
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR* (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI percentiles (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| ≤ 25% | 45 | (38.79) | 27 | (23.28) | 44 | (37.93) | Reference | Reference |
| >25% – < 85% | 110 | (32.54) | 99 | (29.29) | 129 | (38.17) | 1.15 (0.78–1.71) | 0.92 (0.60–1.41) |
| ≥ 85% | 21 | (24.42) | 30 | (34.88) | 35 | (40.69) | 1.43 (0.86–2.39) | 1.03 (0.59–1.79) |
| Waist circumference (cm) | ||||||||
| ≤ 25% | 27 | (47.37) | 13 | (22.81) | 17 | (29.82) | Reference | Reference |
| >25% – < 85% | 54 | (31.58) | 50 | (29.24) | 67 | (39.18) | 1.78 (1.01–3.15)† | 1.40 (0.69–2.82) |
| ≥ 85% | 12 | (27.27) | 18 | (40.91) | 14 | (31.82) | 1.65 (0.80–3.39) | 1.20 (0.49–2.92) |
| Waist to height ratio | ||||||||
| ≤ 25% | 21 | (31.82) | 23 | (34.85) | 22 | (33.33) | Reference | Reference |
| >25% – < 85% | 64 | (39.51) | 43 | (26.54) | 55 | (33.95) | 0.85 (0.51–1.44) | 0.93 (0.54–1.60) |
| ≥ 85% | 5 | (14.71) | 13 | (38.23) | 16 | (47.06) | 1.91 (0.89–4.04) | 2.00 (0.93–4.31) |
| Conicity index (m/√(kg/m)) | ||||||||
| ≤ 25% | 23 | (32.86) | 27 | (38.57) | 20 | (28.57) | Reference | Reference |
| >25% – < 85% | 64 | (40.0) | 37 | (23.12) | 59 | (36.88) | 1.02 (0.61–1.69) | 1.16 (0.67–2.01) |
| ≥ 85% | 3 | (9.38) | 15 | (46.88) | 14 | (43.75) | 2.15 (1.02–4.53) † | 2.63 (1.19–5.82)† |
Regression analysis was used to model the effect of each obesity measure on the likelihood of mild or moderate/severe asthma compared to allergic rhinitis without asthma.
*
Adjusted for age group, race and gender.
†
p<0.05