Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asthma, Rhinitis, and Eczema and Their Multimorbidity among Young Adults in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Prevalence of study-defined current asthma, rhinitis, and eczema as single morbidity and multimorbidity stratified by sex.

Allergic diseaseTotalMales
Females
P value
()()()
% ()95% CI% ()% ()

None66.8 (751)63.9–69.569.1 (177)66.0 (574)
Asthma only5.6 (63)4.3–7.18.6 (22)4.7 (41)0.046
Rhinitis only13.3 (150)11.4–15.510.5 (27)14.2 (123)0.164
Eczema only6.4 (72)5.0–8.03.5 (9)7.3 (63)0.036
Asthma + rhinitis5.1 (57)3.9–6.55.9 (15)4.8 (42)0.630
Asthma + eczema0.7 (8)0.3–1.40.4 (1)0.8 (7)0.689
Rhinitis + eczema1.5 (17)0.9–2.41.6 (4)1.5 (13)0.997
Asthma + rhinitis + eczema0.6 (7)0.3–1.30.4 (1)0.7 (6)0.848
One allergic disease25.3 (285)22.8–28.022.7 (58)26.1 (227)0.270
≥2 allergic diseases7.9 (89)6.4–9.78.2 (21)7.8 (68)0.996

CI: confidence interval. values comparing male and female participants. In cells with frequency < 5, Fisher’s exact test was used to obtain P values. that the participant has either asthma, rhinitis, or eczema. that the participant has at least two allergic diseases.