Anxiety disorders among adolescents with and without asthma in Uganda#
| Asthma cases | Non-asthma controls | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR¶ (95% CI) | Adjusted OR+ (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Subjects | 73 | 89 | ||||
| Any of three anxiety disorders | ||||||
| No (109) | 39 (53.4) | 70 (78.6) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes (53) | 34 (46.6) | 19 (21.4) | 3.21 (1.62–6.37) | 3.05 (1.50–6.21) | 2.68 (1.30–5.53) | 0.007 |
| Generalised anxiety disorder | ||||||
| No (141) | 57 (78.1) | 84 (94.4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes (21) | 16 (21.9) | 5 (5.6) | 4.71 (1.63–13.60) | 5.16 (1.71–15.55) | 4.49 (1.48–13.56) | 0.008 |
| Panic disorder | ||||||
| No (130) | 49 (67.1) | 81 (91.0) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes (32) | 24 (32.9) | 8 (9.0) | 4.96 (2.07–11.90) | 5.92 (2.31–15.19) | 5.43 (2.11–14.02) | <0.0001 |
| Social anxiety disorder | ||||||
| No (131) | 55 (75.3) | 76 (85.4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes (31) | 18 (24.7) | 13 (14.6) | 1.91 (0.86–4.23) | 1.68 (0.74–3.84) | 1.46 (0.63–3.37) | 0.38 |
Data are presented as n or n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: n=162; ¶: adjusted for child's age, sex and father's highest education level attained; +: adjusted for child's age, sex, father's highest education level attained and child's residence at birth.