Table 5.

Adolescent factors for remission of asthma

	Asthma remission	Persistent asthma	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	p-value
Male	68 (38/56)	53 (66/125)	1.9	1.0 – 3.6	0.06
Current or past cigarette smoking by study participant at 18 years# %(n/N)	43 (22/51)	58 (70/120)	0.5	0.3 – 1.1	0.07
Acetaminophen use/month at 18 years (median) (p)§	0 (0, 1)	2 (0, 4)	0.8	0.7 – 1.0	0.04
Atopy at 18	43 (13/30)	75 (73/97)	0.3	0.1 – 0.6	0.002
Rhinitis at age 18	34 (19/56)	74 (92/125)	0.2	0.1 – 0.4	<0.001

General Terms.

^%(n/N) percentage determined from number of participants with condition/total number of participants with available information on the variable.

^#This includes cigarette smoking by study participants both current and those who have ever smoked cigarettes at any time in the past.

^§Number of times acetaminophen used over last 12 months.

^¶Number of times Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory drugs used over last 12 months.