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Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations between respiratory symptoms or health care use and having a parent who smokes. |
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| at least one parent smokes |
the mother smokes |
the father smokes |
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| AOR (95% CI) * |
AOR (95% CI) † |
AOR (95% CI) † |
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| any respiratory symptoms |
1.17 (0.99–1.39) |
1.46 (1.16–1.84) |
0.90 (0.73–1.11) |
| mild respiratory symptoms |
1.27 (1,06–1.52) |
1.50 (1.19–1.91) |
0.97 (0.78–1.21) |
| severe respiratory symptoms |
0.90 (0.71–1.14) |
1.03 (0.75–1.40) |
0.86 (0.64–1.15) |
| GP any reason |
0.95 (0.79–1.14) |
0.91 (0.71–1.16) |
0.97 (0.78–1.22) |
| GP respiratory |
0.92 (0.72–1.18) |
0.71 (0.51–0.99) |
1.20 (0.90–1.60) |
| GP non-respiratory |
0.98 (0.79–1.23) |
1.15 (0.86–1.55) |
0.82 (0.62–1.08) |
| Specialized care |
0.91 (0.67–1.22) |
1.09 (0.75–1.59) |
0.87 (0.61–1.25) |
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* doctor diagnosed asthma ever, gender of the child, weight at birth, siblings, being breast-fed, and age, ethnicity, education and allergic constitution of the parents. health care use also adjusted for respiratory symptoms † additional adjustment for smoking by the other parent | |||
Jacobs-van der Bruggen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:83 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-83 |
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