Table 4. Risk of IgG sensitization to dust EVs to asthma subtype expression.

	Non-atopic (n=115)		Atopic (n=87)		Non-eosinophilic‡ (n=115)		Eosinophilic (n=104)
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value†	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value†	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value†	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value†
Aging	1.1 (1.0-1.1)	<0.001	1.0 (1.0-1.0)	0.27	1.0 (1.0-1.0)	0.01	1.0 (1.0-1.0)	0.01
Female gender	1.8 (0.7-4.6)	0.25	0.5 (0.2-2.2)	0.14	0.8 (0.3-1.8)	0.53	0.6 (0.2-1.4)	0.20
Cigarette smoking	0.6 (0.2-1.6)	0.29	0.3 (0.1-0.6)	<0.001	0.3 (0.1-0.8)	0.01	0.2 (0.1-0.6)	<0.001
Anti-EV IgG*	2.8 (0.8-9.6)	0.1	2.9 (0.9-9.8)	0.08	3.7 (1.1-12.3)	0.03	3.1 (0.8-11.4)	0.10

^*High serum IgG against dust EVs; ^†Linear logistic regression analysis vs the control group; ^‡The percentage of eosinophils in sputum < 3%.