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Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2008 Nov;45(9):800–806. doi: 10.1080/02770900802290697

TABLE 2.—

Odds ratios for medication fill for ICS, LM, OCS, or SABA by month (N = 180 Subjects, N = 1,896 prescriptions).

Month	ICS OR (95% CI)	LM OR (95% CI)	OCS OR (95% CI)	SABA OR (95% CI)
January	2.23 (1.4, 3.6)^**	1.04 (0.7, 1.6)	1.98 (0.9, 4.5)	1.33 (0.8,2.2)
February	1.63 (1.0, 2.7)	1.60 (1.1, 2.4)^*	1.85 (0.8, 4.2)	1.43 (0.9,2.4)
March	2.10 (1.3, 3.4)^**	1.36 (0.9, 2.1)	2.38 (1.1, 5.2)^*	1.69(1.0, 2.8)^*
April	1.80 (1.1, 2.9)^*	1.36 (0.9, 2.1)	2.65 (1.2, 5.8)^*	2.15 (1.3, 3.5)^**
May	1.86 (1.1, 3.0)^*	1.09 (0.7, 1.7)	1.60 (0.7, 3.7)	1.97 (1.2,3.3)^**
June	1.68 (1.0, 2.8)^*	1.31 (0.9, 2.0)	1.60 (0.7,3.7)	1.97 (1.2, 3.3)^**
July	1.10 (0.6,1.9)	1.09 (0.7, 1.7)	0.32 (0.1, 1.2)	—-reference—
August	—-reference—	—-reference—	—-reference—	1.09 (0.6, 1.9)
September	1.68 (1.0, 2.8)^*	1.31(0.9, 2.0)	2.38 (1.1,5.2)^*	1.92 (1.2, 3.2)^*
October	1.74 (1.1, 2.9)^*	1.00 (0.6, 1.6)	2.65 (1.2, 5.8)^*	1.53 (0.9, 2.6)
November	1.63 (1.0, 2.7)	1.04 (0.7, 1.6)	1.85 (0.8, 4.2)	2.09 (1.3, 3.4)^**
December	2.04 (1.3, 3.3)^**	1.17 (0.8, 1.8)	1.73 (0.8, 4.0)	2.28 (1.4,3.7)^**

p ≤ 0.05.

^**

p ≤ 0.01.