Table 3.
Risk factor analyses for the incidence of current asthma and current wheeze from age 12-18 years, by method of measure, expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals by multiple logistic regression analyses.
| Dependent variables | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current asthma | Current wheeze | |||||||
| AR | BE | AR | BE | |||||
| Independent variables | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Female sex | 1.65 | 1.17-2.34 | 1.81 | 1.20-2.73 | 1.52 | 1.24-1.88 | 2.06 | 1.49-2.85 |
| Family history of asthma | 1.54 | 1.05-2.25 | 1.76 | 1.14-2.71 | 1.26 | 0.98-1.62 | 1.44 | 1.01-2.06 |
| Physician-diagnosed rhinitis | 3.13 | 1.97-4.98 | 2.91 | 1.69-5.02 | 1.97 | 1.37-2.84 | 2.59 | 1.62-4.14 |
AR: Incidence based on the annual reports
BE: Incidence based on the baseline and endpoint surveys only