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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Sep 12;124(5):954–960. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.07.030

TABLE IV.

Maternal IPT exposure and cord blood total IgE levels: Logistic regression analyses

Predictors Cord blood (n = 478)
Unadjusted models Multivariate models
Model 1* Model 2 Model 3 Model 4§
Periods of IPT
  No IPT
  Childhood/ teen only 1.78¶ (1.05–3.00) 1.48 (0.85–2.58) 1.52 (0.86–2.66) 1.45 (0.82–2.55) 1.43 (0.81–2.52)
  Adult/pregnancy only 2.23║ (0.97–5.13) 2.19║ (0.90–5.33) 2.22║ (0.91–5.43) 2.33║ (0.95–5.70) 2.19║ (0.89–5.38)
  Chronic IPT (both) 2.25¶ (1.19–4.24) 2.10¶ (1.07–4.15) 2.21¶ (1.09–4.49) 2.19¶ (1.08–4.46) 2.18¶ (1.06–4.50)

Results are presented as ORs and 95% CIs.

*

Model 1 adjusts for maternal age, child’s sex, maternal race, maternal education, current economic difficulties, season of birth, and parental home ownership.

Model 2 adjusts for maternal age, child’s sex, maternal race, maternal education, current economic difficulties, parental home ownership, season of birth, and other current NLEs.

Model 3 adjusts for maternal age, child’s sex, maternal race, maternal education, current economic difficulties, parental home ownership, season of birth, other current NLEs, and household allergens.

§

Model 4 adjusts for maternal age, child’s sex, maternal race, maternal education, current economic difficulties, parental home ownership, other current NLEs, household allergens, season of birth, birth weight for gestational age, maternal atopy, and maternal smoking during pregnancy.

P < .10.

P < .05.