Table 3

The childhood predictors of adult COPD

OR (95% CI) (univariate)OR (95% CI) (multivariate)
Severe asthma37.1 (4.6 to 301)31.9 (3.4 to 269)
Asthma9.1 (1.1 to 76.4)9.6 (1.0 to 77)
Wheezy bronchitis3.5 (0.4 to 35.2) 
Mild wheezy bronchitis2.1 (0.1 to 35.8)
Male sex2.4 (0.9 to 6.3)
Ever smoker1.0 (0.5 to 2.3)
Current smoker1.1 (0.5 to 2.4)
Childhood hay fever1.0 (0.3 to 3.8)