Table 2 The prevalence of asthma and allergic symptoms among children aged 7–8 and 13–14 from the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities along with unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios comparing the two communities

Children 7–8 years of age

8.71

11.43

0.74

0.73

0.84

(7.60, 9.96)

(10.21, 12.78)

(0.61, 0.90)

(0.54, 0.98)

(0.63, 1.12)

2.61

4.93

0.52

0.67

0.78

(2.02, 3.37)

(4.13, 5.88)

(0.37, 0.71)

(0.41, 1.07)

(0.49, 1.24)

2.60

4.90

0.52

0.61

0.70

(2.00, 3.36)

(4.09, 5.84)

(0.37, 0.71)

(0.38, 0.99)

(0.43, 1.12)

4.72

3.53

1.36

1.22

1.38

(3.91, 5.69)

(2.85, 4.35)

(1.01, 1.83)

(0.79, 1.91)

(0.90, 2.13)

Children 13–14 years of age

4.12

5.59

0.73

0.76

0.83

(3.40, 4.99)

(4.84, 6.46)

(0.56, 0.93)

(0.54, 1.05)

(0.60, 1.14)

1.82

2.97

0.61

0.52

0.62

(1.36, 2.43)

(2.43, 3.62)

(0.42, 0.87)

(0.34, 0.85)

(0.38, 0.99)

4.33

6.64

0.64

0.72

0.76

(3.59, 5.22)

(5.81, 7.58)

(0.50, 0.81)

(0.52, 1.00)

(0.55, 1.06)

2.22

2.05

1.09

1.21

1.29

(1.71, 2.89)

(1.61, 2.61)

(0.75, 1.56)

(0.73, 2.00)

(0.78, 2.14)