Table 2 Subtype analyses according to gender
From: Subtypes of asthma based on asthma control and severity: a latent class analysis
Women | Men | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild | Moderate | Unknown severity | Severe | Mild | Unknown severity | Severe | |
Controlled asthma | Partly controlled asthma | Uncontrolled asthma | Uncontrolled asthma | Controlled asthma | Uncontrolled asthma | Partly controlled asthma | |
Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | Probability (95% CI) | |
Class membership probabilities | 0.41 (0.35–0.46) | 0.24 (0.19–0.28) | 0.26 (0.20–0.32) | 0.09 (0.06–0.12) | 0.31 (0.22–0.39) | 0.53 (0.44–0.62) | 0.17 (0.12–0.21) |
Item Response probabilities | |||||||
Asthma controller medicationa | |||||||
Not at all | 0.14 (0.11–0.18) | 0.02 (0.00–0.03) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.16 (0.09–0.22) | 0.04 (0.01–0.06) | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) |
Occasionally | 0.22 (0.18–0.26) | 0.12 (0.07–0.17) | 0.13 (0.07–0.18) | 0.06 (0.01–0.12) | 0.20 (0.13–0.27) | 0.14 (0.09–0.19) | 0.09 (0.02–0.16) |
Daily | 0.64 (0.59–0.69) | 0.86 (0.81–0.91) | 0.87 (0.82–0.93) | 0.94 (0.88–0.99) | 0.64 (0.56–0.73) | 0.82 (0.76–0.87) | 0.90 (0.83–0.97) |
Bronchodilator use | |||||||
Not at all | 0.30 (0.25–0.34) | 0.10 (0.05–0.14) | 0.10 (0.05–0.14) | 0.02 (0.00–0.05) | 0.39 (0.30–0.49) | 0.17 (0.12–0.23) | 0.05 (0.00–0.11) |
Occasionally | 0.67 (0.62–0.72) | 0.75 (0.69–0.82) | 0.59 (0.52–0.67) | 0.57 (0.46–0.68) | 0.61 (0.51–0.70) | 0.54 (0.47–0.62) | 0.45 (0.34–0.56) |
Daily | 0.04 (0.01–0.06) | 0.15 (0.09–0.21) | 0.31 (0.23–0.38) | 0.49 (0.38–0.60) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.28 (0.21–0.35) | 0.50 (0.39–0.61) |
Oral corticosteroid prescriptions | |||||||
0 prescriptions | 0.97 (0.94–0.99) | 0.41 (0.32–0.49) | 0.78 (0.71–0.84) | 0.11 (0.03–0.18) | 1.00 (0.98–1.00) | 0.90 (0.86–0.95) | 0.28 (0.16–0.40) |
1 to 2 prescriptions | 0.03 (0.00–0.05) | 0.57 (0.49–0.66) | 0.15 (0.09–0.21) | 0.53 (0.41–0.65) | 0.00 (0.00–0.02) | 0.09 (0.04–0.13) | 0.51 (0.39–0.63) |
≥3 prescriptions | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.02 (0.00–0.05) | 0.02 (0.00–0.03) | 0.32 (0.21–0.43) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) | 0.16 (0.08–0.24) |
Daily oral corticosteroid medication | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.06 (0.03–0.09) | 0.04 (0.00–0.09) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.05 (0.00–0.10) |
Antibiotics use | |||||||
0 prescription | 0.98 (0.95–1.00) | 0.42 (0.33–0.52) | 0.97 (0.93–1.01) | 0.08 (0.00–0.19) | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | 0.95 (0.92–0.99) | 0.37 (0.23–0.50) |
1 prescription | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) | 0.32 (0.25–0.40) | 0.02 (0.00–0.05) | 0.08 (0.00–0.16) | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) | 0.04 (0.01–0.06) | 0.24 (0.14–0.33) |
2 prescriptions | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) | 0.17 (0.11–0.22) | 0.01 (0.00–0.03) | 0.20 (0.10–0.29) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.01 (0.00–0.02) | 0.19 (0.10–0.27) |
3 or more prescriptions | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.09 (0.04–0.14) | 0.00 (0.00–0.03) | 0.64 (0.49–0.78) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.21 (0.12–0.30) |
St. George’s Scoreb | |||||||
0–7 points | 0.48 (0.41–0.55) | 0.15 (0.10–0.21) | 0.03 (0.01–0.05) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.59 (0.47–0.72) | 0.14 (0.08–0.20) | 0.07 (0.01–0.13) |
>7–15 points | 0.32 (0.27–0.38) | 0.31 (0.24–0.37) | 0.15 (0.13–0.18) | 0.09 (0.02–0.16) | 0.21 (0.12–0.31) | 0.26 (0.20–0.33) | 0.04 (0.00–0.09) |
>15–27 points | 0.15 (0.10–0.21) | 0.35 (0.28–0.42) | 0.36 (0.28–0.43) | 0.17 (0.08–0.27) | 0.19 (0.09–0.28) | 0.27 (0.20–0.33) | 0.28 (0.18–0.38) |
>27 points | 0.04 (0.01–0.08) | 0.19 (0.11–0.27) | 0.49 (0.39–0.58) | 0.74 (0.63–0.85) | 0.00 (0.00–0.03) | 0.33 (0.26–0.41) | 0.62 (0.51–0.73) |
Health care facility use score | |||||||
0 point | 0.97 (0.94–0.99) | 0.36 (0.27–0.45) | 0.88 (0.82–0.94) | 0.13 (0.04–0.22) | 0.96 (0.92–1.00) | 0.92 (0.87–0.97) | 0.37 (0.26–0.49) |
1 point | 0.03 (0.01–0.06) | 0.21 (0.15–0.27) | 0.07 (0.03–0.11) | 0.03 (0.00–0.07) | 0.04 (0.01–0.08) | 0.03 (0.00–0.06) | 0.12 (0.05–0.19) |
2 to 3 points | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.38 (0.30–0.46) | 0.05 (0.01–0.09) | 0.48 (0.37–0.59) | 0.00 (0.00–0.01) | 0.05 (0.01–0.08) | 0.34 (0.24–0.44) |
≥4 points | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.05 (0.02–0.08) | 0.00 (0.00–0.02) | 0.36 (0.25–0.47) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.00 (0.00–0.00) | 0.17 (0.09–0.25) |