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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2016 Jun 16;176:36–42. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.050

Table III.

Association Between Fitness and Asthma Diagnoses/Morbidity

Unadjusted model Adjusted model
Outcome High fit vs.
low/moderately
fit (OR (95% CI)
Sex by
fitness
interaction
(p)
High fit vs.
low/moderately
fit (aOR (95%
CI)
Sex by
fitness
interaction
(p)
History of
asthma
  Boys 0.84 (0.61, 1.14) 0.30 0.84 (0.60, 1.19) 0.89
  Girls 1.08 (0.77, 1.51) 1.13 (0.81, 1.57)
Current Asthma
  Boys 0.71 (0.41, 1.20) 0.08 0.69 (0.39, 1.22) 0.38
  Girls 1.32 (0.86, 2.05) 1.24 (0.80, 1.91)
Wheezing
  Boys 0.59 (0.39, 0.89) 0.10 0.61 (0.37, 1.01) 0.08
  Girls 1.08 (0.63, 1.87) 1.21 (0.69, 2.10)
Asthma attack
  Boys 0.79 (0.35, 1.81) 0.26 0.85 (0.36, 1.99) 0.29
  Girls 1.41 (0.76, 2.61) 1.62 (0.90, 2.92)
Asthma-related
ED visit
  Boys 0.18 (0.05, 0.63) 0.39 0.24 (0.07, 0.89) 0.55
  Girls 0.51 (0.11, 1.56) 0.46, (0.11, 1.82)
Wheezing-
related medical
visit
  Boys 0.33 (0.15, 0.72) 0.02 0.31 (0.13, 0.75) 0.07
  Girls 0.94 (0.50, 1.76) 0.91 (0.46, 1.79)
Wheezing-
related missed
days
  Boys 0.21 (0.08, 0.52) 0.02 0.14 (0.06, 0.33) 0.06
  Girls 0.62 (0.23, 1.66) 0.66 (0.25, 1.74)
Wheezing
related to
exercise
  Boys 0.51 (0.29, 0.88) 0.03 0.43 (0.24, 0.76) <0.01
  Girls 1.20 (0.74, 1.93) 1.50 (0.91, 2.49)

Models adjusted for age, survey year, poverty index ratio, second hand smoke exposure, race/ethnicity, and BMI categories.

Bolded OR indicate p<0.05 controlled for multiple comparisons.