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. 2017 Aug 10;73(1):165–177. doi: 10.1111/all.13213

Table 5.

Asthma progression (measured as the intensity of asthma medication use) in the SLIT and non‐AIT groups over the follow‐up period: regression coefficients; 95% confidence intervals (CI) and P‐values of the factors included in the linear regression model

Factors Regression coefficient 95% CI P‐value
Treatment period
Intercept 1.319 1.090‐1.548 <.001
SLIT treatment (vs control) −0.206 −0.351 to −0.061 .005
Age <18 y (vs age 18+ y) 0.012 −0.060 to 0.085 .743
Male (vs unknown) −0.031 −0.078 to 0.016 .198
Female (vs unknown) −0.029 −0.075 to 0.016 .202
ENT specialist (vs GP) −0.202 −0.246 to −0.158 <.001
Dermatologist (vs GP) −0.101 −0.256 to 0.055 .205
Pneumologist (vs GP) 0.246 0.167‐0.325 <.001
Paediatrician (vs GP) 0.039 −0.066 to 0.145 .465
Internal specialist (vs GP) −0.014 −0.069 to 0.042 .633
Other speciality (vs GP) 0.004 −0.155 to 0.164 .958
Number of years SLIT treatment (p.a.) 0.009 −0.103 to 0.121 .876
Level of AR treatment before index −0.025 −0.031 to −0.018 <.001
Follow‐up period
Intercept 0.349 0.172‐0.526 .000
SLIT treatment (vs control) −0.167 −0.279 to −0.055 .004
Age <18 y (vs age 18+ y) −0.171 −0.227 to −0.115 <.001
Male (vs unknown) −0.108 −0.144 to −0.072 <.001
Female (vs unknown) −0.088 −0.123 to −0.053 <.001
ENT specialist (vs GP) −0.047 −0.081 to −0.013 .007
Dermatologist (vs GP) −0.174 −0.294 to −0.053 .005
Pneumologist (vs GP) 0.005 −0.057 to 0.066 .881
Paediatrician (vs GP) −0.003 −0.084 to 0.079 .951
Internal specialist (vs GP) 0.005 −0.038 to 0.048 .818
Other speciality (vs GP) 0.036 −0.088 to 0.159 .570
Number of years SLIT treatment (p.a.) 0.091 0.005‐0.178 .039
Level of AR treatment before index 0.004 −0.001 to 0.009 .082
Full analysis period (treatment+follow‐up)
Intercept 0.446 0.286‐0.605 <.001
SLIT treatment (vs control) −0.126 −0.227 to −0.025 .014
Age <18 y (vs age 18+ y) −0.145 −0.196 to −0.094 <.001
Male (vs unknown) −0.096 −0.129 to −0.063 <.001
Female (vs unknown) −0.080 −0.112 to −0.049 <.001
ENT specialist (vs GP) −0.078 −0.109 to −0.047 <.001
Dermatologist (vs GP) −0.161 −0.269 to −0.053 .004
Pneumologist (vs GP) 0.058 0.003‐0.114 .038
Paediatrician (vs GP) 0.004 −0.070 to 0.077 .923
Internal specialist (vs GP) −0.002 −0.041 to 0.036 .909
Other speciality (vs GP) 0.032 −0.079 to 0.143 .574
Number of years SLIT treatment (p.a.) 0.132 0.054‐0.210 .001
Level of AR treatment before index 0.000 −0.004 to 0.005 .963

AIT, allergen immunotherapy; AR, allergic rhinitis; SLIT, sublingual immunotherapy.