Table 3.

Quality of life and asthma control predicted by gender, BMI category and waist to height ratio (WHtR) after adjusting for covariates including age, history of family asthma, family income, and site.

	BMI as predictor (n=289)		WHtR as predictor (n=274)
	Gender (male=1, female=2), B (95%CI)	BMI category (under/normal=1, over/obesity=2) B (95%CI)	Gender (male=1, female=2) B (95%CI)	WHtR B (95%CI)
Quality of Life-total	−16.84 (−23.96, −9.72) p<.001	−5.62 (−12.59, 1.34) p=.11	−18.06 (−25.39, −10.73) p<.001	−13.00 (−49.91, 23.92) p=.49
Activity subscale	−3.25 (−4.81, −1.68) p<.001	−1.29 (−2.82, 0.25) p=.10	−3.41 (−5.01, −1.81) p<.001	−5.63 (13.70, 2.44) p=.17
Emotional function subscale	−5.80 (−8.43, −3.17) p<.001	−2.22 (−4.79, 0.36) p=.09	−6.18 (−8.89, −3.47) p<.001	−3.57 (17.20, 10.06) p=.61
Symptom subscale	−7.79 (−11.12, − 4.47) p<.001	−2.12 (−5.37, 1.13) p=.20	−8.47 (−11.90, −5.04) p<.01	−3.80 (21.07, 13.47) p=.67
Asthma control	0.14 (0.07, 0.22) p<.01	0.04 (−0.03, 0.11) p=.25	0.15 (0.08, 0.23) P<.01	0.26 ( 0.12, 0.63) p=.18