Table 4.

Odds ratios for the associations of allergen-specific and total IgE with asthma, by gender

	Model 1		Model 2
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Boys
Sensitized to cockroach	1.5	0.7–3.0	1.5	0.8–3.0
Sensitized to dust mite	3.6	1.5–8.7	3.0	1.3–6.9
Sensitized to cat	2.0	0.6–6.2	2.0	0.7–5.9
sensitized to mouse	2.4	0.9–6.1	2.5	1.0–6.1
Sensitized to one or more of four	1.9	1.0–3.8	1.8	0.9–3.3
Total IgE (IU/ml)
<125	1.0	Referent	1.0	Referent
126–249	1.1	0.5–2.7	0.7	0.3–1.7
250–375	2.7	0.8–9.2	2.9	0.9–9.4
>375	2.8	1.0–7.9	2.3	0.9–6.0
Child has allergy symptoms			4.1	2.1–8.0
Girls
Sensitized to cockroach	1.9	0.8–4.7	2.3	1.0–5.4
Sensitized to dust mite	1.5	0.5–3.9	1.7	0.7–4.4
Sensitized to cat	2.9	0.8–10.6	4.2	1.2–14.9
sensitized to mouse	2.7	0.8–8.9	4.1	1.3–12.8
Sensitized to one or more of four	1.2	0.6–2.6	1.5	0.8–3.2
Total IgE (IU/ml)
<125	1.0	Referent	1.0	Referent
126–249	2.5	0.9–7.1	2.3	0.9–6.3
250–375	1.1	0.1–9.5	1.0	0.1–7.3
>375	3.3	1.0–10.6	5.1	1.7–15.9
Child has allergy symptoms			4.1	1.9–8.6

^*Controlling for age, sex, BMI for age by sex, national origin, number of smokers in the household, and parental asthma.

^**Controlling for all of the above, plus child has allergy symptoms.