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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 May 12;123(6):1321–7.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.023

Table V.

Unadjusted and age group, gender, and parental education-adjusted OR (95% CI) for the association of obesity measures with allergic sensitization in all study participants stratified by asthma diagnosis.

Obesity measure Current asthma No current asthma

n (%) Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted *
OR (95% CI)
n (%) Unadjusted
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted
OR (95% CI)
BMI percentiles (%)
   ≤25% 88 (21.84) Reference Reference 60 (22.06) Reference Reference
   >25% – <85% 251 (62.28) 0.69
(0.44–1.08)
0.69
(0.44–1.09)
168 (61.76) 1.06
(0.63–1.79)
1.12
(0.65–1.92)
   ≥85% 64 (15.88) 0.50
(0.28–0.89)*
0.49
(0.27–0.90)*
44 (16.18) 0.66
(0.32–1.34)
0.77
(0.36–1.67)
Waist circumference (cm)
   ≤25% 46 (23.71) Reference Reference 33 (20.89) Reference Reference
   >25% – <85% 112 (57.73) 0.85
(0.49–1.48)
0.59
(0.29–1.19)
105 (66.46) 0.90
(0.48–1.71)
1.04
(0.48–2.24)
   ≥85% 36 (18.56) 0.63
(0.31–1.27)
0.38
(0.14–1.01)*
20 (12.66) 0.91
(0.35–2.34)
1.19
(0.36–3.94)
Waist to height ratio
   ≤25% 47 (25.68) Reference Reference 34 (21.79) Reference Reference
   >25% – <85% 106 (57.92) 0.89
(0.52–1.56)
1.13
(0.59–2.16)
105 (67.31) 2.54
(1.28–5.03)
2.48
(1.16–5.27)*
   ≥85% 30 (16.39) 0.60
(0.29–1.25)
0.72
(0.30–1.73)
17 (10.90) 2.87
(1.06–7.81)*
2.38
(0.76–7.46)
Conicity index
(m/√(kg/m))
   ≤25% 49 (26.78) Reference Reference 37 (23.72) Reference Reference
   >25% – <85% 102 (55.74) 0.96
(0.55–1.68)
1.06
(0.56–2.00)
103 (66.03) 1.76
0.93–3.35)
1.95
(0.94–4.05)
   ≥85% 32 (17.49) 0.62
(0.30–1.25)
0.69
(0.29–1.66)
16 (10.26) 2.05
(0.78–5.37)
1.75
(0.57–5.38)
*

p ≤ 0.05

*

Adjusted for age group, gender, and parental education