Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios of asthma and allergic symptoms in children aged 7–8 and 13–14 from the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities in relation to other risk factors in G/C and T/C children

0.77 (0.59, 1.00)

0.77 (0.57, 1.02)

0.60 (0.40, 0.89)

0.67 (0.43, 1.03)

1.03 (0.67, 1.59)

0.92 (0.58, 1.47)

0.44 (0.28, 0.67)

0.50 (0.31, 0.79)

0.70 (0.50, 0.96)

0.63 (0.44, 0.90)

0.48 (0.27, 0.80)

0.45 (0.25, 0.78)

1.03 (0.62, 1.70)

0.80 (0.46, 1.37)

0.71 (0.43, 1.13)

0.74 (0.44, 1.22)

1.27 (0.93, 1.73)

1.13 (0.79, 1.61)

0.84 (0.50, 1.37)

0.80 (0.45, 1.39)

1.55 (0.95, 2.53)

1.01 (0.58, 1.76)

0.87 (0.53, 1.42)

0.86 (0.49, 1.51)

1.15 (0.94, 1.41)

1.13 (0.91, 1.40)

1.11 (0.81, 1.53)

1.09 (0.78, 1.53)

1.19 (0.88, 1.60)

1.28 (0.93, 1.77)

1.05 (0.76, 1.44)

1.03 (0.73, 1.44)

1.04 (0.83, 1.29)

1.11 (0.88, 1.41)

1.27 (0.90, 1.78)

1.26 (0.87, 1.81)

0.88 (0.62, 1.23)

1.04 (0.72, 1.49)

1.28 (0.90, 1.81)

1.38 (0.96, 2.00)

1.32 (1.00, 1.74)

1.19 (0.87, 1.62)

1.71 (1.11, 2.57)

1.47 (0.90, 2.32)

1.04 (0.66, 1.58)

0.95 (0.57, 1.53)

1.74 (1.13, 2.63)

1.75 (1.09, 2.76)

1.74 (1.26, 2.38)

1.55 (1.08, 2.17)

1.60 (0.96, 2.52)

1.10 (0.63, 1.84)

1.74 (1.02, 2.80)

1.84 (1.04, 3.11)

1.08 (0.60, 1.81)

0.78 (0.42, 1.36)

2.82 (2.30, 3.46)

2.78 (2.23, 3.45)

3.12 (2.34, 4.41)

3.50 (2.51, 4.88)

3.64 (2.68, 4.96)

3.75 (2.71, 5.22)

3.34 (2.43, 4.60)

3.65 (2.60, 5.11)

Children 13–14 years of age

Current wheeze

Severe asthma

Current eczema

Current Rhinoconjuctivitis

Unadjusted OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR ‡ (95% CI)

0.98 (0.72, 1.34)

1.02 (0.73, 1.42)

1.03 (0.67, 1.58)

1.10 (0.69, 1.76)

0.74 (0.48, 1.15)

0.83 (0.51, 1.34)

0.63 (0.48, 0.84)

0.76 (0.56, 1.04)

1.25 (0.85, 1.82)

1.12 (0.73, 1.69)

1.30 (0.75, 2.19)

0.99 (0.52, 1.81)

0.59 (0.31, 1.07)

0.58 (0.29, 1.12)

0.65 (0.44, 0.94)

0.71 (0.46, 1.08)

1.11 (0.72, 1.68)

1.09 (0.68, 1.72)

1.26 (0.69, 2.22)

1.24 (0.63, 2.33)

0.56 (0.28, 1.07)

0.60 (0.27, 1.24)

0.69 (0.45, 1.02)

0.90 (0.57, 1.40)

1.11 (0.87, 1.41)

1.10 (0.85, 1.44)

1.14 (0.81, 1.61)

1.11 (0.76, 1.63)

2.00 (1.36, 2.99)

2.35 (1.54, 3.65)

1.28 (1.02, 1.62)

1.40 (1.08, 1.82)

1.33 (1.01, 1.75)

1.28 (0.96, 1.71)

1.38 (0.94, 2.03)

1.36 (0.90, 2.06)

1.26 (0.83, 1.93)

1.12 (0.72, 1.75)

1.44 (1.10, 1.89)

1.37 (1.03, 1.83)

1.87 (1.28, 2.71)

1.57 (1.04, 2.32)

1.85 (1.06, 3.10)

1.58 (0.87, 2.77)

2.35 (1.38, 3.92)

1.81 (1.02, 3.13)

2.96 (2.11, 4.13)

2.73 (1.91, 3.89)

4.88 (2.64, 8.48)

4.49 (2.17, 8.64)

5.77 (2.63, 11.28)

6.03 (2.46, 13.17)

3.92 (1.50, 8.51)

2.71 (0.78, 7.07)

3.20 (1.63, 5.79)

2.60 (1.15, 5.27)

3.17 (2.40, 4.15)

3.25 (2.42, 4.33)

4.39 (3.04, 6.30)

5.07 (3.43, 7.45)

2.19 (1.40, 3.33)

2.17 (1.36, 3.37)

2.41 (1.82, 3.16)

2.26 (1.67, 3.03)