Table 2– Association of asthma phenotypes and early respiratory infection

Phenotype	Subjects n	Infection prevalence	OR (95% CI)^#
No asthma^¶	231	66 (28.6)	1.0 (reference)
Asthma	268	138 (51.1)	2.49 (1.73–3.58)
Early-onset asthma	167	93 (55.7)	2.86 (1.88–4.35)
Late-onset asthma	101	45 (44.6)	2.09 (1.29–3.39)
Asthma persistent in adulthood	128	61 (47.7)	2.14 (1.38–3.32)
Asthma remittent in adulthood	108	59 (54.6)	2.93 (1.87–4.59)

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. ^#: adjusted for age and sex; ^¶: subjects without asthma at EGEA1 were the reference group in all analyses.