Serum IL-1β can be a biomarker in children with severe persistent allergic rhinitis

Table 4 Multivariate analysis to determine factors related to the severity of the persistent allergic rhinitis

	OR	P value	95% CI
Allergic rhinitis in sibling	1.098	0.295	0.151	1.774
Paternal allergic rhinitis	6.426	0.011	0.086	0.731
Eosinophil count (< 285.2 vs ≥ 285.2)	2.833	0.092	0.143	1.159
IL-1β (< 7.98 vs ≥ 7.98)	4.697	0.030	0.122	0.900
CCL-24 (< 471.01 vs ≥ 471.01)	1.233	0.267	0.205	5.376
Active atopy	2.028	0.154	0.093	1.366
Active asthma	4.070	0.253	0.367	45.138

CCL C–C motif chemokine ligand, CI confidence interval, IL interleukin, OR odds ratio

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