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methacholine) was 33.7% in women and 11.9% in men (odds ratio = 3.8; 95% confidence interval = 2.4-6.0) in Paris and 43.2% in women and 29.5% in men (odds ratio = 1.8; 95% confidence interval = 1.1-2.9) in Montpellier. These differences could not be explained by asthma, respiratory symptoms,
atopy, or lung function parameters. In stepwise logistic regressions including sex, asthma, and asthma-like symptoms, nasal allergies, atopy, baseline FEV1, FEV1%pred, FVC, and FEV1%FVC, the odds-ratios
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