Table 2. Association of urinary BPA concentrations (log transformed, µg/g creatinine) at 7–8 years with wheezing and asthma over 11–12 years of age, by longitudinal analyses.
Outcome | No.* | OR† or HR‡ (95% CI) | P value |
Wheeze | 28/335 | 2.48 (1.15–5.31) † | .02 |
Current Asthma | 20/252 | 2.35 (1.03–5.32) † | .04 |
Incident Asthma | 18/127 | 2.13 (1.51–3.00) ‡ | <.001 |
HR, hazard ratio.
* Number with outcome/total number for analysis.
Generalized estimating equation with a logit link model adjusted for gender, parental asthma history, fetal and environmental tobacco smoke exposure, pet ownership, and grade at enrollment.
Marginal Cox model considering grade-at-enrollment clustering adjusted for gender, parental asthma history, fetal and environmental tobacco smoke exposure, and pet ownership.