Predictor | |
Total subjects | 1153 |
Subjects born after 1959 | 586 (50.8) |
Subjects born 1945–1959 | 567 (49.2) |
Female | 693 (60.1) |
Male | 460 (39.9) |
Never-smokers at follow-up | 507 (44.0) |
Former smokers at follow-up | 305 (26.4) |
Current smokers at follow-up | 323 (28.0) |
Unknown smoking habits | 18 (1.6) |
Allergic rhinitis at baseline | 606 (52.6) |
Wheezing in the last 12 months at baseline | 730 (63.3) |
Nocturnal cough in the last 12 months at baseline | 481 (41.7) |
Nocturnal chest tightness in the last 12 months at baseline | 382 (33.1) |
Nocturnal dyspnoea in the last 12 months at baseline | 257 (22.3) |
Any attacks of asthma in the last 12 months at baseline | 349 (30.7) |
Any asthma symptom in the last 12 months at baseline# | 903 (78.3) |