Table 2.
Crude associations between key variables
OR | CI | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Univariate associations of non-ancestry variables | |||
Associations with recurrent wheezing | |||
Preterm birth | 2.62 | 1.57–4.39 | <0.0003 |
Inflammation/chorioamnionitis | 2.59 | 1.45–4.61 | 0.002 |
Antenatal smoke exposure | 2.02 | 1.02–4.01 | 0.007 |
Maternal post-natal smoking | 1.60 | 0.86–2.98 | 0.15 |
Maternal atopy | 2.02 | 1.21–3.37 | 0.007 |
Caesarean delivery | 1.17 | 0.69–1.99 | 0.55 |
Firstborn child | 1.14 | 0.68–1.91 | 0.26 |
Exclusive breastfeeding | 0.57 | 0.14–2.39 | 0.44 |
Maximal level of maternal education | |||
Some college | 1.00 | – | – |
HS | 0.91 | 0.52–1.60 | 0.75 |
<HS | 0.41 | 0.20–0.86 | 0.02 |
Annual household income | |||
≥30K | 1.00 | – | – |
<30K | 1.45 | 0.79–2.69 | 0.24 |
Unknown | 1.10 | 0.51–2.41 | 0.80 |
Self-identified race | |||
Black | 1.00 | – | – |
White | 0.50 | 0.15–1.64 | 0.25 |
Hispanic/Latino | 0.33 | 0.15–0.74 | 0.007 |
Chorioamnionitis with prematurity | |||
Inflammation/chorioamnionitis | 2.36 | 1.64–3.39 | >0.0001 |
Crude (non-univariate) models for non-ancestry variables | |||
Association of both preterm birth and chorioamnionitis with recurrent wheezing | |||
Preterm birth | 2.36 | 1.39–3.99 | 0.001 |
Inflammation/chorioamnionitis | 2.20 | 1.21–3.96 | 0.009 |
Association of interaction term for preterm birth and chorioamnionitis with recurrent wheezing | |||
Preterm birth | 2.16 | 1.17–4.01 | 0.01 |
Inflammation/chorioamnionitis | 1.83 | 0.73–4.58 | 0.20 |
Preterm*chorioamnionitis | 1.38 | 0.41–4.65 | 0.53 |
Univariate associations of African ancestry (per 10% African ancestry) | |||
With recurrent wheezing | 1.16 | 1.05–1.28 | 0.003 |
With chorioamnionitis | 1.01 | 0.96–1.07 | 0.55 |
With preterm birth | 0.98 | 0.94–1.02 | 0.34 |
β | CI | P-value | |
With gestational age in weeks | −0.02 | −0.08,0.05 | 0.62 |
All ancestry analyses included estimates of individual global ancestry with variables for African and Asian ancestry, assuming three ancestral populations.