Table 4.
Asthma remission % (n/N) | Persistent asthma % (n/N) | Odds ratio | 95% Confidence interval | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 68 (38/56) | 53 (66/125) | 1.9 | 1.0 – 3.6 | 0.06 |
Low Birth Weight$ | 8 (4/53) | 5(6/123) | 1.6 | 0.4 – 5.9 | 0.49 |
Pre-term delivery* | 2 (1/53) | 2 (2/123) | 1.1 | 0.1 – 13.1 | 0.90 |
Maternal asthma | 21.2 (11/52) | 30.6 (37/121) | 1.6 | 0.8 – 3.5 | 0.14 |
Paternal asthma | 11.5 (6/52) | 21.5 (26/121) | 2.1 | 0.8 – 5.4 | 0.09 |
Recurrent chest infections up to 2 years of age | 37 (15/41) | 32 (31/98) | 1.2 | 0.6 – 2.7 | 0.57 |
Less than 4 months breast feeding | 78 (36/46) | 65 (72/111) | 2.0 | 0.9 – 4.4 | 0.10 |
Formula feeding in first 4 months of life | 83 (38/46) | 73 (80/109) | 0.6 | 0.2 – 1.4 | 0.22 |
Maternal smoking during pregnancy | 27 (15/55) | 19 (24/124) | 1.6 | 0.7 – 3.3 | 0.24 |
Overweight at 10 | 16.3 (7/43) | 23.9 (26/109) | 1.6 | 0.6 – 4.0 | 0.21 |
Atopy at 4 | 42 (16/38) | 58 (54/94) | 0.5 | 0.3 – 1.2 | 0.11 |
Atopy at 10 | 43 (20/47) | 70 (73/104) | 0.4 | 0.2 – 0.8 | 0.01 |
Wheeze at 1 or 2 | 46 (19/41) | 37 (36/98) | 1.5 | 0.7 – 3.1 | 0.29 |
Wheeze at 4 | 63 (32/51) | 60 (64/107) | 1.1 | 0.6 – 2.3 | 0.72 |
Wheeze at 10 | 89 (50/56 | 88 (110/125) | 1.1 | 0.4 – 3.1 | 0.80 |
Asthma at age 4 | 52 (26/50) | 56 (59/106) | 0.9 | 0.4 – 1.7 | 0.67 |
Rhinitis at 1or 2 | 25 (11/44) | 19 (19/98) | 1.0 | 0.4 – 2.5 | 0.95 |
Rhinitis at age 4 | 15 (8/53) | 17 (17/103) | 1.0 | 0.4 – 2.5 | 1.00 |
Rhinitis at age 10 | 46 (25/55) | 53 (64/121) | 0.7 | 0.4 – 1.4 | 0.36 |
BHR Positive** | 51.3 (20/39) | 75.2 (79/105) | 0.3 | 0.1 – 0.7 | 0.006 |
General Terms.
% (n/N) percentage determined from number of participants with condition/total number of participants with available information on the variable.
Specific Terms.
$Low birth weight: <2.5Kg* Pre-term delivery was defined as delivery of child in less than 37 complete weeks of gestation.
**PC20<8mg/ml.