| Variable | Total | Event | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95% CI | p-value | HR | 95% CI | p-value | ||||||
| Asthma diagnosis pre-baseline | |||||||||||
| No | 899 | 223 (24.8%) | Ref | ||||||||
| Yes | 147 | 24 (16.3%) | 0.59 | 0.37 to 0.94 | 0.026 | ||||||
| Blood eosinophil count | |||||||||||
| < 0.1 | 99 | 27 (27.2%) | Ref | ||||||||
| ≥ 0.1 to < 0.3 | 608 | 145 (23.8%) | 0.84 | 0.52 to 1.35 | 0.462 | 0.76 | 0.47 to 1.27 | 0.282 | |||
| ≥ 0.3 | 182 | 31 (17.0%) | 0.55 | 0.30 to 0.99 | 0.044 | 0.50 | 0.27 to 0.91 | 0.023 | |||
| Exacerbations managed in primary care in baseline year | |||||||||||
| 0 | 535 | 171 (31.9%) | Ref | ||||||||
| 1 | 258 | 55 (21.3%) | 0.58 | 0.41 to 0.82 | 0.002 | ||||||
| 2 | 119 | 12 (10.1%) | 0.24 | 0.13 to 0.45 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 3+ | 134 | 9 (6.7%) | 0.15 | 0.08 to 0.31 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| Antibiotic prescriptions in baseline year | |||||||||||
| 0 | 553 | 175 (31.6%) | Ref | ||||||||
| 1 | 243 | 51 (20.9%) | 0.57 | 0.40 to 0.82 | 0.002 | ||||||
| 2 | 107 | 9 (8.4%) | 0.20 | 0.10 to 0.40 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| 3+ | 143 | 12 (8.4%) | 0.20 | 0.11 to 0.37 | < 0.001 | ||||||
| OCS prescriptions in baseline year | |||||||||||
| 0 | 476 | 155 (32.5%) | Ref | ||||||||
| 1 | 183 | 46 (25.1%) | 0.70 | 0.47 to 1.02 | 0.064 | 0.70 | 0.45 to 1.05 | 0.090 | |||
| 2 | 116 | 13 (11.2%) | 0.26 | 0.14 to 0.48 | < 0.001 | 0.23 | 0.11 to 0.44 | < 0.001 | |||
| 3+ | 271 | 33 (12.2%) | 0.29 | 0.19 to 0.43 | < 0.001 | 0.31 | 0.19 to 0.47 | < 0.001 | |||