Table 2

 Asthma, bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) and atopy by recurrent ACS status

Recurrent ACS
Yes (n = 15)No (n = 65)Odds ratio (95% CI)p value
“Asthma ever”12 (80%)26 (40%)6.0 (1.5 to 23.4)0.005
    Atopic8 (53%)8 (12%)8.1 (2.3 to 28.6)<0.001
    Non-atopic4 (27%)18 (28%)0.9 (0.3 to 3.4)0.936
“Current asthma”12 (80%)21 (32%)8.4 (2.1 to 32.9)0.001
    Atopic8 (53%)7 (11%)9.5 (2.6 to 34.1)<0.001
    Non-atopic4 (27%)14 (22%)1.3 (0.4 to 4.8)0.668
Atopy10 (67%)19 (29%)4.8 (1.5 to 16.1)0.007
BHR5 (71%)14 (39%)3.9 (0.7 to 23.1)0.113
(n = 7)(n = 36)