Table 4.

Association between serum levels of CRP and SAA and exposure levels, age and gender

		Each factor studied separately				All factors studied in one model
Fixed factor		SAA		CRP		SAA		CRP
		Estimate	p-value	Estimate	p-value	Estimate	p-value	Estimate	p-value
Men and women
Endotoxin		0.26	0.011	0.23	0.016	0.34	0.026	0.20	0.14
Dust		0.14	0.46	0.31	0.13	0.19	0.39	0.17	0.48
Bacteria		0.094	0.11	0.038	0.54	0.065	0.46	−0.066	0.47
Fungi		0.030	0.59	0.071	0.23	−0.18	0.039	0.031	0.70
β-Glucan		−0.00079	0.99	0.024	0.070	−0.013	0.85	−0.020	0.73
Asthma	Yes/no	0.42	0.0084	0.51	0.011	0.30	0.064	0.48	0.041
Atopy	Yes/no	0.18	0.11	0.12	0.41	0.0057	0.95	−0.02	0.87
Age group	<40 / >40 years	−0.11	0.30	−0.16	0.23	−0.018	0.84	−0.16	0.22
Gender	Women versus men	0.24	0.047	0.041	0.78	0.17	0.081	0.0085	0.99
Stepwise regression:a
	Endotoxin	-	-	-	-	0.44	0.0007	0.22	0.022
	Fungi	-	-	-	-	−0.16	0.023	-	-
	Asthma	-	-	-	-	0.33	0.016	0.48	0.015
Men
Endotoxin		0.24	0.024	0.22	0.011	0.27	0.16	0.12	0.34
Dust		0.30	0.20	0.45	0.020	0.26	0.35	0.23	0.31
Bacteria		0.090	0.17	0.072	0.18	0.092	0.40	−0.052	0.55
Fungi		0.048	0.41	0.11	0.016	−0.16	0.11	0.91	0.20
β-Glucan		0.061	0.33	0.14	0.0074	0.059	0.48	0.20	0.29
Asthma	Yes/no	0.62	0.012	0.74	0.023	0.54	0.035	0.60	0.08
Atopy	Yes/no	0.18	0.23	0.17	0.38	0.0031	0.98	0.06	0.72
Age group	<40/ >40 years	−0.083	0.57	−0.24	0.14	−0.088	0.48	−0.13	0.40
Stepwise regression:
	Endotoxin	-	-	-	-	0.24	0.024	-	-
	Fungi	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.12	0.0097
	Asthma					0.58	0.012	0.78	0.013

Statistically significant values are in bold. ^a Statistically significant factors in the stepwise regression