Table 5.

Logistic regression to evaluate the outcome of controlled asthma.

	Exp(B)	95% CIb to EXP(B)c		p
		Minimum	Maximum
Countries
Mexico (reference)
Argentina	0.651	0.354	1.199	0.168
Brazil	1.261	0.763	2.085	0.365
Puerto Rico	1.407	0.827	2.395	0.208
Venezuela	0.290	0.147	0.573	<0.001
Stratified age
12–17 years old (reference)
>17–40 years old	0.717	0.444	1.159	0.175
>40 years old	0.602	0.361	1.003	0.051
Gender
Female (reference)
Male	1.133	0.779	1.647	0.513
Smokers in the household Tabagism	0.769	0.528	1.121	0.173
Non smoker (reference)
Active Smoker	0.911	0.524	1.584	0.741
Ex-smoker	1.025	0.656	1.601	0.914
History of rhinitis or allergy	0.880	0.600	1.291	0.513
Asthma control medication use	3.377	1.893	6.023	<0.001
Written action plan for asthma management	0.892	0.609	1.306	0.556
Emergency visit to a physician's office, hospital or a clinic	0.414	0.256	0.669	<0.001
Episode of severe asthma requiring hospital admission	0.624	0.295	1.320	0.217
Episode of severe asthma requiring ICUaadmission	0.937	0.489	1.796	0.845
Oral corticosteroids need	0.799	0.525	1.215	0.294
Constant	196.071			<0.001

p < 0.05.

^aICU: Intensive Care Unit.

^bCI: confidence interval.

^cExp (B): exponential beta