Table 2.

Relative risks (RR) for the associations between pre- and postnatal growth and whether the child had ever wheezed by age 3 years (unadjusted and adjusted)

	Unadjusted analyses				Adjusted* analyses
	RR	(95% CI)	P-value	n	RR	(95% CI)	P-value	n
Birth size variables
Crown-heel length	0.96	0.92-1.00	0.061	1479	0.96	0.92-1.01	0.088	1479
Weight	0.97	0.93-1.01	0.197	1506	0.97	0.93-1.02	0.206	1506
Conditional fetal growth
11-19 weeks
Head circumference	0.98	0.91-1.06	0.574	597	0.94	0.87-1.02	0.155	597
Abdominal circumference	0.98	0.89-1.07	0.611	562	0.95	0.87-1.04	0.285	562
19-34 weeks
Head circumference	0.98	0.93-1.04	0.598	877	0.98	0.93-1.04	0.572	877
Abdominal circumference	1.04	0.99-1.10	0.129	911	1.04	0.99-1.10	0.092	911
Conditional Infant growth
0 – 6 months
Length	1.01	0.97-1.05	0.574	1450	0.98	0.94-1.03	0.409	1450
Weight	1.08	1.03-1.12	0.000	1485	1.05	1.01-1.09	0.020	1485
Subscapular skinfolds	1.06	1.02-1.10	0.003	1480	1.05	1.01-1.10	0.017	1480
6 – 12 months
Length	0.97	0.93-1.02	0.307	1346	0.98	0.93-1.04	0.579	1346
Weight	1.04	0.98-1.09	0.190	1372	1.06	1.00-1.12	0.041	1372
Subscapular skinfolds	1.06	1.01-1.10	0.010	1368	1.07	1.03-1.12	0.001	1368

N = 1522

^*Adjusted for gender, smoking during pregnancy, age last breastfed, maternal asthma, maternal rhinitis, paternal asthma, maternal education and birth order.