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Table 3 Medically suspected and/or diagnosed allergy at the ages of 9 and 18 months, 3 and 5 years predictive of self-reported allergy and asthma at the ages of 12, 15 and 18 years.

From: Allergy from infancy to adolescence. A population-based 18-year follow-up cohort

  

Diagnosed allergy

Age

Allergy

12 y

COR (95% CI)

15 y

COR (95% CI)

18 y

COR (95% CI)

9 months

Suspected

1.4 (0.95 – 2.1)

1.4 (0.9 – 2.1)

1.5 (0.96 – 2.2)

 

Diagnosed

2.8 (1.7 – 4.7)

2.3 (1.4 – 3.9)

1.8 (1.1 – 3.2)

18 months

Suspected

1.9 (1.3 – 2.8)

1.5 (0.96 – 2.2)

1.4 (0.96 – 2.2)

 

Diagnosed

1.9 (1.2 – 3.0)

1.7 (1.1 – 2.6)

1.3 (0.8 – 2.1)

3 years

Suspected

1.9 (1.2 – 3.0)

2.0 (1.3 – 3.3)

2.0 (1.3 – 3.2)

 

Diagnosed

4.1 (2.3 – 6.1)

3.0 (2.0 – 4.6)

2.9 (1.9 – 4.4)

5 years

Suspected

2.1 (0.6 – 8.1)

0.3 (0.0 – 2.6)

1.0 (0.2 – 4.5)

 

Diagnosed

6.3 (3.9 – 10.2)

4.1 (2.5 – 6.8)

3.4 (2.0 – 5.6)

  

Asthma

Age

Allergy

12 y

COR (95% CI)

15 y

COR (95% CI)

18 y

COR (95% CI)

9 months

Suspected

1.3 (0.7 – 2.6)

1.4 (0.7 – 2.7)

1.5 (0.8 – 2.7)

 

Diagnosed

2.5 (1.2 – 5.3)

2.1 (1.04 – 4.4)

2.0 (0.9 – 4.3)

18 months

Suspected

1.9 (0.99 – 3.6)

1.7 (0.9 – 3.1)

1.6 (0.8 – 3.0)

 

Diagnosed

2.1 (1.02 – 4.2)

1.4 (0.7 – 2.9)

1.4 (0.7 – 3.0)

3 years

Suspected

1.5 (0.7 – 3.5)

1.9 (0.9 – 3.8)

2.6 (1.2 – 4.4)

 

Diagnosed

4.7 (2.7 – 8.3)

3.3 (1.9 – 5.7)

2.8 (1.5 – 5.0)

5 years

Suspected

1.9 (0.2 – 17.2)

3.5 (0.6 – 19.3)

3.2 (0.6 – 17.7)

 

Diagnosed

6.7 (3.7 – 12.2)

5.3 (3.0 – 9.5)

4.9 (2.7 – 8.9)

  1. The analysis is based on logistic regression with random intercept (COR95%CI = cumulative odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals)