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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 May 30;8(9):3029–3035.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.022

Table 3.

Association between serum testosterone level and current asthma, stratified by sex

Measure of testosterone Current asthma
Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Males: Tertiles (n, range in ng/dL)
 1st (858, 0.25–262.00) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 2nd (848, 262.44–429.29) 0.44 (0.28–0.71) 0.49 (0.32–0.76)
 3rd (824, 429.62–2,543.99) 0.44 (0.21–0.90) 0.47 (0.21–1.04)
 Test for trend p-value 0.03 0.06
Females: Tertiles (n, range in ng/dL)
 1st (838, 0.25–13.84) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 2nd (822, 13.85–24.09) 1.35 (0.83–2.19) 1.27 (0.77–2.09)
 3rd (819, 24.13–379.13) 1.05 (0.63–1.74) 0.90 (0.55–1.48)
 Test for trend p-value 0.92 0.55

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, poverty index ratio, and body mass index. Bold odds ratios are statistically significant; 95% CI appear in parentheses. OR: odds ratio. n=5,009