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

Table 6

Associations between having both maternal history and paternal history of allergy and having both cat and dog currently in the home with study-defined current asthma, rhinitis, and eczema and allergic multimorbidity.

Independent variables	Asthma	Rhinitis	Eczema	One allergic disease	≥2 allergic diseases
	Adjusted PR	Adjusted PR	Adjusted PR	Adjusted PR	Adjusted PR
	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Maternal history and paternal history of allergy
No	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
Yes	4.57 (2.81–7.43)	2.82 (2.02–3.92)	2.83 (1.71–4.69)	2.70 (2.08–3.50)	8.16 (4.19–15.90)
P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Current exposure to cat and dog
No	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)	1.00 (Ref.)
Yes	2.86 (1.55–5.27)	1.77 (1.03–3.04)	1.32 (0.45–3.85)	1.21 (0.62–2.35)	3.73 (1.96–7.12)
P value	<0.001	0.038	0.613	0.582	<0.001

PR: prevalence ratio; CI: confidence interval; Ref.: reference. that the participant has either asthma, rhinitis, or eczema. that the participant has at least two allergic diseases. for sex and age. mother and father having history of doctor-diagnosed asthma, eczema, or rhinitis. Participants with both maternal history and paternal history of allergy were compared to those with neither. both a cat and a dog at home during the past 12 months. Participants having both a cat and a dog at home were compared with those who had neither.