Table 3.
Results from multivariate analysis of asthma phenotype (persistent and transient asthma).
| Persistent asthma | ||||||||
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| BMI Trajectory groups | Females | Males | ||||||
| OR | 95% CI | p value | OR | 95% CI | p value | |||
| Low | High | Low | High | |||||
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| Increasing | 4.09 | 1.04 | 16.15 | 0.0442 | 0.80 | 0.26 | 2.44 | 0.68 |
| Decreasing | 0.67 | 0.08 | 5.51 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.17 | 3.86 | 0.79 |
| Stable | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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| Transient asthma | ||||||||
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| Increasing | 1.56 | 0.82 | 2.95 | 0.17 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 1.23 | 0.25 |
| Decreasing | 1.46 | 0.43 | 4.95 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 1.53 | 0.33 |
| Stable | 1 | 1 | ||||||
∗The following confounders were included in the multivariate analysis: age of child at baseline, father's age at birth, PMK current daily smoking status, PMK daily cigarettes, household ownership status, biological mother's history of asthma, and childhood allergy status.