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Table 3 Risk factors for positive skin prick test (SPT) and elevated specific IgE in 2009 expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) calculated by multiple logistic regression analysis

From: Increase in sensitization to common airborne allergens among adults – two population-based studies 15 years apart

 

SPT

Specific IgE

Any pollen

Any animal

Any SPT

Any pollen

Any animal

Any IgE

Independent variable

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Age

            

 20-29 y

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

1

-

 30-39 y

0.48

0.23-1.00

0.57

0.27-1.19

0.55

0.26-1.14

0.44

0.20-0.95

0.93

0.40-2.13

0.55

0.26-1.17

 40-49 y

0.54

0.27-1.07

0.69

0.35-1.36

0.67

0.34-1.33

0.49

0.24-0.98

0.96

0.45-2.06

0.62

0.31-1.22

 50-60 y

0.31

0.15-0.62

0.46

0.23-0.91

0.39

0.20-0.77

0.29

0.14-0.60

0.65

0.29-1.44

0.39

0.19-0.78

 >61 y

      

0.10

0.05-0.25

0.32

0.13-0.74

0.20

0.10-0.40

Male sex

1.38

0.88-2.14

1.69

1.09-2.63

1.51

1.00-2.29

1.30

0.85-2.01

1.40

0.90-2.19

1.30

0.90-1.87

Family history of allergy

3.16

2.01-4.97

3.26

2.07-5.12

3.12

2.02-4.83

2.68

1.72-4.20

3.13

1.98-4.94

2.68

1.80-3.97

Ever smoked

0.89

0.57-1.39

0.79

0.51-1.23

0.93

0.62-1.42

0.69

0.44-1.06

0.78

0.50-1.22

0.79

0.55-1.14

Urban living

1.58

0.95-2.64

1.56

0.94-2.60

1.66

1.03-2.66

1.79

1.06-3.03

1.14

0.69-1.88

1.54

1.00-2.36

Urban living in childhood

0.90

0.56-1.43

1.06

0.67-1.68

1.08

0.70-1.67

1.05

0.66-1.67

0.87

0.54-1.41

0.87

0.58-1.31

Furry animals in childhood

0.81

0.51-1.28

0.80

0.51-1.25

0.82

0.53-1.26

0.96

0.60-1.49

0.62

0.39-0.99

0.79

0.53-1.18