Table 4. Infant lung function measures by whether the infant wheezed and was not atopic in the third year of life or neither wheezed nor was atopic.
No wheeze and no atopy | Wheeze and no atopy | Reduction/increase in those who wheezed and were not atopic |
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n | Mean | 95%CI | n | Mean | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |
V’maxFRC* | 71 | 135.0 | 119.8 to 152.1 | 20 | 107.1 | 87.5 to 131.1 | −20.6% | −37.9% to 1.5% |
FEV0.4* | 49 | 139.0 | 132.2 to 146.2 | 16 | 123.7 | 114.6 to 133.5 | −11.0% | −19.2% to −2.0% |
Crs** | 56 | 48.6 | 46.4 to 51.0 | 19 | 45.8 | 41.3 to 50.9 | −5.8% | −14.7% to 4.1% |
Respiratory rate |
71 | 45.5 | 43.4 to 47.6 | 20 | 43.8 | 40.6 to 47.2 | −3.7% | −12.3% to 5.7% |
Adjusted for age
Adjusted for age and sex
Percentage increase is calculated from the logged values of the respiratory measures