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Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2020 Dec 11;126(3):284–291.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2020.12.005

e-Table 1.

Sensitivity analysis on IGF-1 and asthma

All participants Women Men

IGF-1 quartile (nmol/L) Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Excluding participants with a diagnosis of emphysema or chronic bronchitis n=293,114 n=158,226 n=134,888
  Q1 (< 17.6) 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Q2 (17.6– < 21.3) 0.93 (0.90–0.97) 0.95 (0.91–0.99)* 0.92 (0.87–0.96)
  Q3 (21.3– < 24.9) 0.90 (0.87–0.93) 0.91 (0.87–0.95) 0.87 (0.83–0.92)
  Q4 (≥ 24.9) 0.87 (0.84–0.90) 0.87 (0.85–0.93) 0.85 (0.81–0.90)
Multiple imputation n=439,760 n=242,249 n=197,511
  Q1 (< 17.6) 1.0 1.0 1.0
  Q2 (17.6– < 21.3) 0.92 (0.90–0.95) 0.92 (0.89–0.96) 0.92 (0.88–0.96)
  Q3 (21.3– < 24.9) 0.89 (0.87–0.92) 0.91 (0.88–0.94) 0.88 (0.84–0.92)
  Q4 (≥ 24.9) 0.88 (0.85–0.90) 0.89 (0.86–0.92) 0.86 (0.83–0.90)

All models adjusted for age, sex (in all participants), ethnicity, annual household income, body mass index, smoking status, pack-years of cigarette smoking, the season of the examination, the time of the day when the examination was performed, serum level of glycated hemoglobin A1c, and C-reactive protein.

*

P <0.05

P <0.05

P for trend <0.05