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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2015 Jul 29;167(4):869–874.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.06.049

Table 2.

Adjusted Odds Ratios for Severe Outcomes among Children Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia, According to Reported Home Smoke Exposure

Home Smoke Exposure

Outcomes Non-Exposed,
n=1434
1 Smoker, n=460 ≥2 Smokers, n=325
Intensive care unit admission
  No. (%) 300 (20.9) 88 (19.1) 82 (25.2)
  aOR (95% CI) Ref 1.09 (0.82–1.45) 1.44 (1.05–1.96)
Invasive mechanical ventilation
  No. (%) 100 (7.1) 23 (5.2) 33 (10.2)
  aOR (95% CI) Ref 0.70 (0.43–1.13) 1.28 (0.81–2.02)

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; all models were adjusted for the following potential confounding factors selected a priori age, sex, race/ethnicity, household education level, government insurance, individual high-risk comorbidities (persistent asthma, prematurity, neurologic disorder, cardiopulmonary disorder, and other), enrollment site, year, and season.