Pathophysiological characterization of asthma transitions across adolescence

Respiratory Research

Table 6 Adolescent and childhood factors associated with adolescent asthma remission as compared to asthma persistence (Final model)

Factor	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	p-value
Predictive factors
Male sex	0.3	0.1 – 0.7	0.005
Bronchial reactivity at 10 years	0.3	0.1 – 0.9	0.03
Adolescent factors
Number of times acetaminophen used per month	0.4	0.2 – 0.8	0.008
Rhinitis at age 18	0.2	0.1 – 0.6	0.004
Gain in small to mid-sized airway function (FEF_25–75%) between 10 and 18 years	1.7	1.0 – 2.9	0.04
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Notes:
Odds ratios for remission to persistent asthma are presented by multivariate logistic regression analysis was used with significance determined at p < 0.05.

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