Associations between HT, BMI, and allergic rhinitis in perimenopausal women

Table 3 Allergic rhinitis and hay fever according to use of HT among 950 women

	HT (n = 393) (%)	No HT (n = 557) (%)	OR (95% CI)	P value
Allergic rhinitis#	51.83%	43.82%	1.511 (1.15,1.99)	0.003 (8.849)
Itching	36.39%	25.85%	1.641 (1.24,2.17)	0.000 (12.127)
Blockage	31.81%	25.13%	1.389 (1.04,1.85)	0.024 (5.100)
Sneezing	31.30%	26.57%	1.259 (0.95,1.67)	0.112 (2.525)
Rhinorrhea	32.3%	23.9%	1.522 (1.14,2.03)	0.004 (8.253)
Two or more nasal symptoms*	5.85%	7.36%	0.782 (0.46,1.33)	0.361 (0.834)
Three nasal symptoms	9.4%	6.5%	1.504 (0.93,2.43)	0.093 (2.830)
Four nasal symptoms	26.2%	16.5%	1.795 (1.31,2.47)	0.000 (13.267)
Hyposmia	23.66%	15.62%	1.675 (1.21,2.32)	0.002 (9.710)
Sore throat	24.68%	15.98%	1.723 (1.25,2.38)	0.001 (11.085)
Course of disease	77.86%	81.15%	0.817 (0.59,1.12)	0.214 (1.514)
Hay fever##	35%	35.3%	0.989 (0.67,1.46)	0.957 (0.003)

#The diagnosis of allergic rhinitis requires nasal congestion, nasal itching, runny nose, sneezing symptoms, and take allergic rhinitis medication and/or rhinitis attacks last 12 months
*Two or more nasal symptoms included: Itching, Sneezing, Blockage, Rhinorrhea
##Hay fever was defined as the seasonal onset of allergic rhinitis

ISSN: 1710-1492