Table 2.
Evaluation of risk factors for current and accumulated prevalence of asthma in the 6-7-year age group, ISAAC vs. GAN.
| Risk factor | ISAAC |
GAN |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Wheezing in the past 12 months | Hay fever symptoms in the last 12 months. | 2.99 (2.10–4.26) | 0.000 | 3.24 (2.34–4.48) | 0.000 |
| Diagnosis of hay fever ever | 3.00 (1.89–4.75) | 0.000 | NS | NS | |
| Diagnosis of eczema ever | 2.06 (1.44–2.97) | 0.000 | NS | NS | |
| Wheezing during their first year of life | NI | NI | 2.53 (1.79–3.57) | 0.000 | |
| Diagnosis of pneumonia or bronchopneumonia at least one time in their life | NI | NI | 2.05 (1.27–3.30) | 0.003 | |
| Use of antibiotics in the first 12 months of life | 1.85 (1.25–2.73) | 0.002 | NS | NS | |
| Use of paracetamol for fever in the last 12 months | 1.99 (1.49–2.67) | 0.000 | 1.11 (0.99–1.25) | 0.071 | |
| Cat at home in the first year of life | 1.67 (1.09–2.57) | 0.018 | NS | NS | |
| Mother with college, university, or another form of tertiary education concluded | 1.62 (1.16–2.25) | 0.004 | NI | NI | |
| Family background of changes at home to prevent symptoms of allergies, asthma, or breathing problems. | NI | NI | 0.30 (0.38–0.40) | 0.000 | |
| Weekly consumption of rice | NS | NS | 0.80 (0.62–1.03) | 0.096 | |
| Weekly consumption of soft drink | NI | NI | 1.11 (0.99–1.25) | 0.071 | |
| Age | NS | NS | 0.67 (0.48–0.94) | 0.020 | |
| Wheezing at any time in the past | Hay fever symptoms ever | 2.44 (1.56–3.81) | 0.000 | 3.11 (2.00–4.83) | 0.000 |
| Diagnosis of hay fever ever | 3.61 (2.12–6.15) | 0.000 | NS | NS | |
| Diagnosis of eczema ever | 2.06 (1.13–3.75) | 0.018 | NS | NS | |
| Diagnosis of pneumonia or bronchopneumonia ever | NI | NI | 2.63 (1.55–4.47) | 0.000 | |
| At least one chest infection in the first year of life | NI | NI | 1.21 (0.96–1.52) | 0.096 | |
| Child treated with inhaled and/or oral medicines for breathing problems during the first year of life | NI | NI | 1.80 (1.06–3.03) | 0.027 | |
| Use of paracetamol for fever in the first 12 months of life | 1.49 (0.98–2.26) | 0.061 | NS | NS | |
| Use of paracetamol for fever in the last 12 months | 1.46 (1.01–2.09) | 0.040 | NS | NS | |
| Use of antibiotics in the first 12 months of life | 1.74 (1.07–2.84) | 0.025 | NS | NS | |
| Mother with secondary school concluded | 2.60 (1.27–5.34) | 0.009 | NI | NI | |
| Mother with college, university, or another form of tertiary education concluded | 1.75 (1.18–2.60) | 0.005 | NI | NI | |
| Weekly consumption of pasta | 0.66 (0.51–0.86) | 0.002 | NS | NS | |
| Family background of changes at home to prevent symptoms of allergies, asthma, or breathing problems. | NI | NI | 0.26 (0.18–0.37) | 0.000 | |
NI: No information, NS: Not significant