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Risk factors for hospitalization at 18-month longitudinal follow-up |
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| Adjusted for all variables, except |
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| Adjusted for all variables shown |
asthma severity and health status |
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| Risk factor |
(OR [95% CI]) |
(OR [95% CI]) |
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| Demographic characteristics and smoking |
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| Age (per 10 years) |
1.2 (0.7–2.4) |
1.2 (0.7–2.1) |
| Female gender |
1.5 (0.5–4.6) |
1.2 (0.5–2.8) |
| Non-white race (non-Hispanic) |
3.1 (1.1–8.8) |
1.9 (0.9–4.3) |
| Education (years) |
0.8 (0.6–1.1) |
0.9 (0.7–1.1) |
| Household income (per $10,000 decrement) |
1.1 (0.9–1.3) |
1.2 (1.02–1.4) |
| Current cigarette smoking |
1.4 (0.2–7.9) |
1.2 (0.3–4.6) |
| Past cigarette smoking |
0.7 (0.2–2.0) |
1.4 (0.6–3.3) |
| Asthma severity |
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| Severity-of-asthma score (per 5 points) |
3.4 (1.7–6.8) |
N/A |
| Recent hospitalizations for asthma |
8.3 (2.1–33.4) |
N/A |
| Remote hospitalizations for asthma |
2.7 (0.6–11.5) |
N/A |
| Other asthma clinical factors |
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| Atopic history |
0.7 (0.2–2.3) |
0.5 (0.2–1.4) |
| Aspirin allergy history |
0.7 (0.2–2.3) |
1.7 (0.6–4.6) |
| Gastric acid suppression medication (in prior 12 months) |
0.7 (0.2–2.0) |
2.2 (1.0–4.9) |
| Health status |
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| SF-36 Physical component score |
0.98 (0.94–1.03) |
N/A |
| SF-36 Mental component score |
0.97 (0.92–1.02) |
N/A |
| Health care access |
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| Reliance on ED for urgent care |
3.2 (1.0–9.8) |
2.3 (1.0–5.7) |
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Multivariate analysis (n = 242). ED, emergency department; N/A, not applicable. | ||
Eisner et al. Respiratory Research 2001 2:53 doi:10.1186/rr37 |
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