Skip to main content

Table 2 Logistic regression analyses of association between seropositivity to common viral infections of childhood and the presence of aeroallergen-specific IgEs using cut-offs for specific IgE of ≥0.35 and ≥0.70 kU/L

From: Chronic virus infections supress atopy but not asthma in a set of children from a large latin american city: a cross-section study

Infection by

N = 1296

*sIgE ≥0.35 (n = 644/49.7%)

sIgE ≥ 0.70 (n = 489/37.7%)

  

OR (95% C.I.)

 

OR (95% C.I.)

 

n (%)/N

Crude

Adjusted**

n (%)/N

Crude

Adjusted**

HSV

      

   Negative

298(51.0)/584

1

1

235(40.2)/584

1

1

   Positive

346(48.6)/712

0.91

(0.73; 1.13)

0.94

(0.75; 1.18)

254(35.7)/712

0.82

(0.66; 1.03)

0.88

(0.69; 1.11)

VZV

      

   Negative

357(50.4)/708

1

1

273(38.6)/708

1

1

   Positive

287(48.8)/588

0.94

(0.75; 1.17)

0.93

(0.74; 1.17)

216(36.7)/588

0.93

(0.74; 1.16)

0.93

(0.74; 1.17)

EBV

      

   Negative

80(54.4)/147

1

1

66(44.9)/147

1

1

   Positive

564(49.1)/1149

0.81

(0.57; 1.14)

0.82

(0.58; 1.17)

423(36.8)/1149

0.71

(0.51; 1.01)

0.75

(0.53; 1.07)

HAV

      

   Negative

531(49.5)/1072

1

1

409(38.2)/1072

1

1

   Positive

113(50.4)/224

1.04

(0.78; 1.38)

1.07

(0.80; 1.44)

80(35.7)/224

0.90

(0.67; 1.22)

0.94

(0.69; 1.28)

  1. *Aeroallergen-specific IgE; **Adjusted for gender and age.