Table 2 Multivariate analysis of predictors of poor control, lower lung function and sputum eosinophilia
From: Comorbidities are associated with different features of severe asthma
Indipendent variables | Dependent variables OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Poor symptom control | Lower lung function | Sputum eosinophilia ≥ 3% | |
Age (> vs < median value) | 0.7 (0.2–1.9) | 0.8 (0.3–2.5) | 0.2 (0.0–1.3) |
Gender (F vs M) | 0.87 (0.3–2.8) | 0.3 (0.1–0.9)* | 1.6 (0.2–12.1) |
Smoke (Yes vs No-Ex) | 0.4 (0–4.9) | 0.3 (0.0–4.0) | 0.5 (0.0–18.7) |
Duration of asthma (> vs < median value) | 1.9 (0.6–6.1) | 5.1 (1.4–18.8)* | 0.1 (0.01–0.5)* |
Obesity (Y vs N) | 4.9 (1.6–15.4)* | 1.6 (0.5–4.9) | 0.6 (0.1–2.8) |
CRSwNP (Yes vs N) | 0.9 (0.3–2.7) | 2.9 (1–9.1)§ | 16.2 (1.7–151.7)* |
GERD (Yes vs N) | 1.4 (0.5–4.2) | 0.5 (0.2–1.8) | 0.6 (0.1–2.9) |