Current asthma | Nonallergic asthma | Allergic asthma | Asthmatic wheeze | |||||||||
aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | |||||
Socioeconomic classification by occupation (SEI) | ||||||||||||
Professionals, executives and self-employed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Nonmanual employees (intermediate) | 1.21 | 0.88 | 1.67 | 0.95 | 0.59 | 1.52 | 1.43 | 0.95 | 2.15 | 1.20 | 0.81 | 1.78 |
Nonmanual employees (lower) | 1.12 | 0.78 | 1.61 | 0.88 | 0.51 | 1.51 | 1.32 | 0.83 | 2.09 | 1.07 | 0.68 | 1.69 |
Manual workers in industry | 1.12 | 0.80 | 1.56 | 0.90 | 0.55 | 1.48 | 1.29 | 0.84 | 1.97 | 1.50 | 1.02 | 2.21 |
Manual workers in service | 1.41 | 1.03 | 1.91 | 1.21 | 0.77 | 1.89 | 1.56 | 1.05 | 2.32 | 1.48 | 1.02 | 2.14 |
Students | 1.24 | 0.77 | 2.01 | 1.51 | 0.72 | 3.14 | 1.14 | 0.63 | 2.06 | 1.91 | 1.10 | 3.30 |
Other and unspecified | 1.01 | 0.72 | 1.41 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 1.60 | 0.97 | 0.62 | 1.52 | 1.13 | 0.76 | 1.69 |
Working status | ||||||||||||
Professionally active | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Jobless | 1.04 | 0.75 | 1.44 | 1.00 | 0.58 | 1.71 | 1.07 | 0.72 | 1.57 | 1.27 | 0.89 | 1.81 |
Student | 0.98 | 0.65 | 1.49 | 1.28 | 0.65 | 2.51 | 0.86 | 0.52 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 0.84 | 2.16 |
Retired | 0.90 | 0.70 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 1.70 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.96 | 1.10 | 0.82 | 1.48 |
Unspecified | 0.83 | 0.53 | 1.30 | 1.11 | 0.57 | 2.15 | 0.69 | 0.39 | 1.24 | 0.85 | 0.48 | 1.49 |
Educational level | ||||||||||||
Advanced tertiary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Basic tertiary | 1.10 | 0.80 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 0.67 | 1.80 | 1.10 | 0.75 | 1.61 | 1.03 | 0.69 | 1.53 |
Upper secondary | 1.02 | 0.82 | 1.26 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 1.52 | 0.98 | 0.76 | 1.27 | 1.07 | 0.82 | 1.39 |
Compulsory | 0.99 | 0.74 | 1.35 | 1.27 | 0.82 | 1.96 | 0.79 | 0.53 | 1.18 | 1.39 | 0.99 | 1.95 |
Income | ||||||||||||
High | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Medium-high | 1.20 | 0.93 | 1.55 | 1.07 | 0.74 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 0.94 | 1.78 | 1.20 | 0.88 | 1.65 |
Medium | 1.04 | 0.80 | 1.35 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 1.45 | 1.08 | 0.78 | 1.51 | 1.17 | 0.85 | 1.61 |
Medium-low | 1.08 | 0.83 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 0.61 | 1.33 | 1.19 | 0.86 | 1.66 | 1.42 | 1.05 | 1.93 |
Low | 1.16 | 0.89 | 1.49 | 1.13 | 0.78 | 1.64 | 1.15 | 0.83 | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.10 | 2.02 |
Relative index of inequality | ||||||||||||
Based on educational level | 0.97 | 0.70 | 1.34 | 1.24 | 0.75 | 2.03 | 0.80 | 0.53 | 1.21 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 2.00 |
Based on income | 1.09 | 0.82 | 1.44 | 1.04 | 0.68 | 1.60 | 1.09 | 0.76 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 1.16 | 2.29 |
Calculated by logistic regression models and presented as aOR with 95% CI, adjusted for age, smoking habits, body mass index categories, housing dampness and family history of asthma. Statistically significant results are in bold (p<0.05). aOR: adjusted odds ratio.