Table 2.

Respiratory outcome in the first year after discharge.

	total			no BPD			BPD			BPD vs no BPD
Variables	n = 126			n = 48			n = 78
	abs	%	CI%	abs	%	CI%	abs	%	CI%	p-value
Common outcomes
Cough	100	79	71 - 86	40	83	70 - 93	60	77	66 - 86	0.50
Wheezinga	56	44	36 - 54	23	48	33 - 63	33	43	31 - 54	0.58
Severe outcomes
Re-hospitalisationb	31	25	17 - 33	11	23	12 - 37	20	26	16 - 37	0.83
Inhalation therapyc	16	13	7 - 20	3	6	1 - 17	13	17	9 - 27	0.25

Numbers are given as absolute count (abs) as well as percentage and 95% Confidence interval (CI).

^a Data not available for 2 infants

^b Rehospitalisation for respiratory reasons (excluding admissions for diagnostic purposes)

^c Inhalation therapy because of prolonged wheezing with corticosteroids, beta-mimetika or both, for more than four weeks.