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Table 3 Association between the dependent variables HRQoL and FEV1 % and the independent variable EIB, unadjusted and adjusted for the variable ever asthma, stratified for gender

From: The relationship between exercise induced bronchial obstruction and health related quality of life in female and male adolescents from a general population

 

Female

Male

 

Independent variable EIB

Dependent variable

Unadjusted

Adjusted for ever asthma

Unadjusted

Adjusted for ever asthma

 

B (95 % CI)

B (95 % CI)

B (95 % CI)

B (95 % CI)

HRQoL

    

 Total score

−6.60 (−12.7 to −5.3)

−3.79 (−10.1 to 2.5)

2.50 (−3.2 to 8.1)

2.88 (−2.8 to 8.6)

 Physical score

−8.07 (−14.0 to −2.1)

−5.6 (−11.8 to 0.62)

3.51 (−2.4 to 9.4)

3.74 (−2.2 to 9.7)

 FEV1 %

−5.57 (−9.8 to −1.3)

−4.77 (−9.4 to −0.15)

1.10 (−5.6 to 7.8)

2.20 (−4.2 to 8.6)

  1. HRQoL Health related quality of life, FEV 1 % FEV1 presented as percentage of predicted recorded at baseline before EIB test, EIB Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, B regression coefficient, CI confidence interval, Ever asthma Self-reported, having ever been diagnosed by a physician as having asthma