Factors associated with patient visits to the emergency department for asthma therapy in Pakistan

Table 4 Odd ratios and 95 % CIs for the risk factors associated with three or more asthma related ED visit

Variable	Levels	Estimate	p value	OR		95 % CI
Intercept		−0.2767	0.4433
Age		0.00364	0.6066	1.015	0.876	1.154
Gender	Female	0.0706	0.5397	1.126	0.923	1.329
Regular ICS use	No	0.0532	0.7567	1.153	0.965	1.341
Follow up with clinics	No	−0.2244	0.0289^a	0.770	0.656	0.884
Education level	University	0.4189	0.0150^a	2.176	1.569	2.783
Educated about medication	Yes	0.0810	0.0442^a	1.966	1.435	2.497
Education about asthma	No	0.1943	0.0397^a	1.586	1.270	1.902

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