Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017 Jul 8;6(1):101–107.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.05.019

Table 2.

Exposure or Sensitivity Associations with Asthma and Asthma Attacks (n=5,238)

Sensitivity Exposure

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)

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.