Table 3. Adjusted odds of asthma (coded as either dichotomous outcome (A) or multinomial outcome (B)) per unit increase in exposure to natural-log transformed B[a]P and stratified according to atopy- and sex-

(A).

Control (Reference)

Asthmatics

Control (Reference)

Asthmatics

N

N

N

N

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

Male

one ln-unit B[a]P

N = 63

N = 20

N = 8

N = 55

1

4.7 (1.9―11.5)

1

2.0 (0.4―11.1)

P = 0.001

P = 0.331

Female

one ln-unit B[a]P

N = 58

N = 1

N = 6

N = 34

1

44.8 (4.7―428.2)

1

3.0 (0.7―12.7)

P = 0.001

P = 0.173

(B).

Lean Control (Reference)

OV/OB Control

Lean Asthmatics

OV/OB Asthmatics

Lean Control (reference)

OV/OB Control

Lean Asthmatics

OV/OB Asthmatics

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)c

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

P-value

Male

one ln-unit B[a]P

N = 56

N = 7

N = 17

N = 3

N = 7

N = 1

N = 43

N = 12

1

0.3 (0.1―1.0)

9.6 (2.9―32.1)

0.3 (0.1―2.1)

1

0.4 (0.0―173.1)

1.6 (0.3―9.7)

2.2 (0.3―14.9)

P = 0.054

P < 0.001

P = 0.247

P = 0.786

P = 0.594

P = 0.409

Female

one ln-unit B[a]P

N = 55

N = 3

N = 11

N = 6

N = 5

N = 1

N = 23

N = 11

1

0.3 (0.0―2.9)

27.4 (3.2―237.1)

46.1 (1.7―1271.4)

1

0.0 (0.0―0.0)

3.6 (0.6―23.3)

17.1 (1.8―165.6)

P = 0.286

P = 0.003

P = 0.024

P = 0.998

P = 0.173

P = 0.014