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Table 5 Odds ratios (OR) for being physically unfit (≤ 15th age- and gender-specific percentile)

From: Physical fitness of children and youth with asthma in comparison to the reference population

Prevalence physical fitness

Wave 1 (2009–2012)

Wave 2 (2014–2017)

Asthma versus reference population

Asthma versus reference population

≤ 15th percentile cardiorespiratory

Endurance

OR 1.069 (95% CI 0.621–1.838)

OR 1.393 (95% CI 0.876–2.215)

≤ 15th percentile muscular strength

OR 1.214 (95% CI 0.628–2.346)

OR 1.337 (95% CI 0.811–2.205)

≤ 15th percentile coordination

OR 0.891 (95% CI 0.463–1.714)

OR 2.013 (95% CI 1.334–3.036)

  1. Percentiles based on Niessner et al. [34], data are odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs)