Table 6

Associations between maternal smoking and children's asthma and FEF25–75 according to maternal and child GSTT1-null genotypes

GSTT1AsthmaFEF25–75
MotherChildNCases (%)OR(95% CI)p ValueNAM difference(95% CI)p Value
++2577331 (12.8)1.05(0.93 to 1.19)0.432313−0.05(−0.09 to −0.00)0.03
+34940 (11.5)1.15(0.77 to 1.71)0.482960.04(−0.09 to 0.18)0.51
+34047 (13.8)1.19(0.85 to 1.68)0.31313−0.02(−0.15 to 0.11)0.77
24229 (12.0)0.70(0.45 to 1.10)0.132020.00(−0.17 to 0.18)0.96
  • AM, arithmetic mean; FEF25–75, maximal mid expiratory flow; +, one or more copies of GSTT1; −homozygous deletion of GSTT1.