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 disease
Total
Males
Females
P value
()
()
()
% ()
95% CI
% ()
% ()
None
66.8 (751)
63.9–69.5
69.1 (177)
66.0 (574)
Asthma only
5.6 (63)
4.3–7.1
8.6 (22)
4.7 (41)
0.046
Rhinitis only
13.3 (150)
11.4–15.5
10.5 (27)
14.2 (123)
0.164
Eczema only
6.4 (72)
5.0–8.0
3.5 (9)
7.3 (63)
0.036
Asthma + rhinitis
5.1 (57)
3.9–6.5
5.9 (15)
4.8 (42)
0.630
Asthma + eczema
0.7 (8)
0.3–1.4
0.4 (1)
0.8 (7)
0.689
Rhinitis + eczema
1.5 (17)
0.9–2.4
1.6 (4)
1.5 (13)
0.997
Asthma + rhinitis + eczema
0.6 (7)
0.3–1.3
0.4 (1)
0.7 (6)
0.848
One allergic disease
25.3 (285)
22.8–28.0
22.7 (58)
26.1 (227)
0.270
≥2 allergic diseases
7.9 (89)
6.4–9.7
8.2 (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.