Table 2. Respiratory morbidity of hospitalized RSV bronchiolitis patients and non-hospitalized children at the age of 6 years.
Respiratory morbidityat age 6 | HospitalizedRSVbronchiolitispatients | Non hospitalized | Crude | Adjusted* | Adjusted** | ||||||
(n = 159) | (n = 549) | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Respiratory symptoms | |||||||||||
Current wheeze | 33/155 (21.3) | 42/516 (8.1) | 3.0 | 1.9–5.0 | <0.001 | 3.0 | 1.9–5.1 | <0.001 | 3.2 | 1.2–8.1 | 0.002 |
Current use of asthmamedication | |||||||||||
Inhaled steroids | 11/159 (6.9) | 25/549 (6.9) | 1.6 | 0.7–3.2 | 0.235 | 1.5 | 0.7–3.2 | 0.255 | 3.4 | 1.0–11.3 | 0.292 |
Betamimetics | 17/159 (10.7) | 46/549 (8.4) | 1.3 | 0.7–2.4 | 0.368 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.3 | 0.378 | 2.1 | 0.8–5.7 | 0.109 |
Asthma | |||||||||||
Doctor’s diagnosisasthma ever | 63/158 (39.9) | 58/517 (11.2) | 5.2 | 3.5–8.0 | <0.001 | 5.3 | 3.4–8.0 | <0.001 | 5.8 | 2.8–11.8 | <0.001 |
Current asthma*** | 34/159 (21.4) | 29/549 (5.3) | 4.9 | 2.9–8.3 | <0.001 | 4.8 | 2.8–8.2 | <0.001 | 3.1 | 1.3–7.5 | 0.010 |
Data are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise;
Adjusted for sex and age;
Adjusted for sex, age, birth weight, birth season, smoke exposure during pregnancy and during life, breastfeeding, daycare, siblings, maternal atopy, ethnicity, year of birth, and maternal educational level;
Defined as combination of a history of doctor’s diagnosed asthma plus asthma symptoms or medication use in the last 12 months (beta-mimetics or inhaled corticosteroids).