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Table 3 Allergic rhinitis and hay fever according to use of HT among 950 women

From: Associations between HT, BMI, and allergic rhinitis in perimenopausal women

 

HT (n = 393) (%)

No HT (n = 557) (%)

OR (95% CI)

P value

Allergic rhinitis#

51.83%

43.82%

1.511 (1.15,1.99)

0.003 (8.849)

 Itching

36.39%

25.85%

1.641 (1.24,2.17)

0.000 (12.127)

 Blockage

31.81%

25.13%

1.389 (1.04,1.85)

0.024 (5.100)

 Sneezing

31.30%

26.57%

1.259 (0.95,1.67)

0.112 (2.525)

 Rhinorrhea

32.3%

23.9%

1.522 (1.14,2.03)

0.004 (8.253)

Two or more nasal symptoms*

5.85%

7.36%

0.782 (0.46,1.33)

0.361 (0.834)

 Three  nasal symptoms

9.4%

6.5%

1.504 (0.93,2.43)

0.093 (2.830)

 Four  nasal symptoms

26.2%

16.5%

1.795 (1.31,2.47)

0.000 (13.267)

Hyposmia

23.66%

15.62%

1.675 (1.21,2.32)

0.002 (9.710)

Sore throat

24.68%

15.98%

1.723 (1.25,2.38)

0.001 (11.085)

Course of disease

77.86%

81.15%

0.817 (0.59,1.12)

0.214 (1.514)

Hay fever##

35%

35.3%

0.989 (0.67,1.46)

0.957 (0.003)

  1. #The diagnosis of allergic rhinitis requires nasal congestion, nasal itching, runny nose, sneezing symptoms, and take allergic rhinitis medication and/or rhinitis attacks last 12 months
  2. *Two or more nasal symptoms included: Itching, Sneezing, Blockage, Rhinorrhea
  3. ##Hay fever was defined as the seasonal onset of allergic rhinitis
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

ISSN: 1710-1492

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