Wheeze brought on by: |
Exercise | 51.7 | 58.4 | 1.13 (0.96 to 1.33) |
Colds | 92.7 | 92.4 | 1.00 (0.95 to 1.05) |
Excitement | 42.1 | 37.9 | 0.90 (0.72 to 1.12) |
Animals | 28.8 | 28.0 | 0.97 (0.73 to 1.31) |
Foods | 15.5 | 20.8 | 1.34 (0.92 to 1.97) |
Plants | 31.0 | 39.3 | 1.27 (0.99 to 1.62) |
Dust | 17.7 | 30.7 | 1.74 (1.23 to 2.45)** |
Smoke | 36.3 | 41.0 | 1.13 (0.89 to 1.44) |
Weather | 57.2 | 65.5 | 1.14 (0.99 to 1.32) |
Pollution | 18.5 | 45.7 | 2.48 (1.84 to 3.34)*** |
Treatment for wheeze in the last year |
Oral steroids | 4.0 | 8.6 | 2.16 (1.06 to 4.43)* |
Inhaled steroids | 17.9 | 64.1 | 3.59 (2.76 to 4.67)*** |
Any steroids | 19.9 | 64.1 | 3.23 (2.52 to 4.14)*** |
β agonists | 72.4 | 80.3 | 1.11 (1.01 to 1.22) |
Cromoglycate | 7.9 | 0.5 | 0.06 (0.01 to 0.47)*** |
Any asthma drugs† | 75.8 | 82.8 | 1.09 (1.00 to 1.20) |
Antihistamines | 3.0 | 9.6 | 3.2 (1.49 to 6.97)** |
Antibiotics | 22.2 | 10.6 | 0.48 (0.30 to 0.75)*** |
Expectorants | 9.6 | 10.1 | 1.05 (0.61 to 1.80) |