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