Main baseline characteristics of the men with non remittent asthma and with remittent asthma at follow-up and adjusted Odds Ratios^* (CI95%) for the effects of these variables reported at baseline on asthma remission at follow-up.

*Also adjusted for the type of interview (telephone vs face to face). £ Overall adjusted p-value for smoking = 0.5896. §IQR, Interquartile Range: (1st quartile–3rd quartile). ‡Overall adjusted p-value for asthma control at baseline <0.0001. Significant unadjusted p-value and adjusted OR (p<0.05) are reported in bold.