Table 3.

Characteristics associated with risk of moderate asthma exacerbations among people with asthma and ocular hypertension

Characteristic	Primary care asthma exacerbation
	Crude IRR (95%CI)	Adjusted IRR (95%CI)	P‐value
RTI within the last 90 days	2.85 (2.12–3.82)	2.93 (2.14–4.00)	0.001
Past asthma hospitalization	2.93 (1.81–4.70)	2.10 (1.25–3.53)	0.001
Smoker	1.86 (1.37–2.54)	1.72 (1.22–2.42)	0.002
SABA prescription *	1.20 (1.13–1.28)	1.17 (1.10–1.25)	0.001
BMI †	1.02 (1.01–1.04)	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	0.002

^* Per additional SABA prescription in the previous 90 days (continuous variable).

^† Per unit increase in BMI (continuous variable). Other variables are categorical variables.