Table 5

Associations between maternal smoking and children's asthma and FEF25-75 according to maternal and child GSTM1-null genotypes

GSTM1AsthmaFEF25–75
MotherChildNCases (%)OR(95% CI)p ValueNAM difference(95% CI)p Value
++1137137 (12.0)1.23(1.02 to 1.48)0.039990.02(−0.05 to 0.09)0.63
+52560 (11.4)0.77(0.54 to 1.08)0.13477−0.04(−0.13 to 0.05)0.36
+51364 (12.5)1.05(0.79 to 1.39)0.764560.03(−0.08 to 0.14)0.58
1396196 (14.0)1.05(0.88 to 1.24)0.61227−0.08(−0.14 to −0.02)0.012
  • AM, arithmetic mean; FEF25–75, maximal mid expiratory flow; +, one or more copies of GSTM1; −homozygous deletion of GSTM1.