Table 2.
Exposure or Sensitivity Associations with Asthma and Asthma Attacks (n=5,238)
Sensitivity | Exposure | |||||||||
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Exposure | Outcome* | Model | Not Sensitive (% SE) |
Sensitive (% SE) | Sensitivity effect (% 95% CI) |
p | Not Exposed (% SE) |
Exposed (% SE) | Exposure effect (% 95% CI) |
p |
Dog | Current asthma | Unadjusted | 6.9 | 24.8 | 18.0 | <0.001 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 0.10 |
(0.59) | (3.92) | (9.7,26.2) | (0.79) | (1.10) | (−0.5,5.3) | |||||
Adjusted** | 6.2 | 23.6 | 17.3 | <0.001 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 2.4 | 0.19 | ||
(0.67) | (3.89) | (9.3,25.4) | (0.91) | (1.46) | (−1.2,5.9) | |||||
Asthma Attack in Past 12 months | Unadjusted | 3.8 | 16.7 | 12.9 | <0.001 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 0.04 | |
(0.30) | (2.75) | (7.5,18.3) | (0.65) | (0.78) | ( 0.1,4.5) | |||||
Adjusted | 3.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | <0.001 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.22 | ||
(0.41) | (2.30) | (6.6,15.4) | (0.58) | (1.17) | (−1.0,4.2) | |||||
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Cat | Current asthma | Unadjusted | 7.2 | 21.9 | 14.6 | <0.001 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.88 |
(0.61) | (2.60) | (9.0,20.2) | (0.69) | (1.03) | (−2.2,2.6) | |||||
Adjusted | 6.8 | 21.3 | 14.5 | <0.001 | 8.5 | 8.4 | −0.2 | 0.90 | ||
(0.72) | (2.71) | (8.8,20.1) | (0.81) | (1.24) | (−2.8,2.5) | |||||
Asthma Attack in Past 12 months | Unadjusted | 4.2 | 13.9 | 9.7 | <0.001 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.80 | |
(0.37) | (1.79) | (6.4,13.0) | (0.52) | (0.76) | (−1.5,1.9) | |||||
Adjusted | 3.5 | 11.8 | 8.3 | <0.001 | 4.5 | 4.2 | −0.4 | 0.64 | ||
(0.48) | (1.45) | (5.7,11.0) | (0.53) | (0.89) | (−1.9,1.2) |
Outcomes for those with physician diagnosed asthma and who still have asthma.
Adjusted for Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, PIR (Poverty Index Ratio), Cotinine and Endotoxin.