significant. For ‘any new onset’ of symptom, stuffy odor, parental
smoking, air dryness and visiblemoldwere significant factors, as ranked
by the Wald χ2 values. The same reduced mutual regression models
were applied to find out the most significant risk factors for remission
of symptoms (Table 6). The only significant risk factor for the remission
of wheeze was moldy odor. New furniture/decoration, stuffy odor and
visible mold, ranked by the Wald χ2, were significant risk factors for
the remission of rhinitis. Perception of moldy odor only was remained
for the remission of eczema in the model but not reaching statistical
significance. For ‘complete remission’ of all 3 symptoms, ETS exposure
from parental smoking, stuffy odor, visible mold and new furniture/
decoration were significant risk factors. All significant associations for
remission of symptoms were negative.