Table 7. The association of maternal markers of allergies and atopic disease with the number of FRAXE repeats.
| Condition* | >21 repeats N (%) |
<22 repeats N (%) |
OR [95% CI] | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asthma recently | 49 (9.2) | 260 (6.8) | 1.38 [1.00, 1.96] | 0.063 |
| Eczema | 55 (10.4) | 429 (11.3) | 0.93 [0.69, 1.25] | 0.957 |
| Hay fever | 114 (21.6) | 698 (18.6) | 1.18 [0.94, 1.47] | 0.282 |
| Allergic to cats | 63 (11.8) | 347 (9.1) | 1.33 [1.00, 1.77] | 0.048 |
| Allergic to pollen | 99 (18.5) | 631 (16.6) | 1.15 [0.91, 1.45] | 0.257 |
| Allergic to dust | 81 (15.2) | 502 (13.2) | 1.18 [0.91, 1.52] | 0.210 |
| Allergic to insect bites/stings | 19 (3.6) | 207 (5.4) | 0.64 [0.40, 1.04] | 0.069 |
| Any allergies | 227 (43.2) | 1652 (43.5) | 0.99 [0.82, 1.19] | 0.899 |
*
Compared to never had for Asthma, Eczema, Hay Fever