Table 2. Impact of smoke-free legislation on primary outcomes.
Country | Asthma |
Respiratory tract infections |
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IRR | 95% CI | p-value | IRR | 95% CI | p-value | |
England | 0.94 | 0.81–1.09 | 0.412 | 0.95 | 0.86–1.06 | 0.399 |
Scotland | 0.99 | 0.83–1.19 | 0.946 | 0.96 | 0.83–1.12 | 0.620 |
Wales | 1.09 | 0.89–1.35 | 0.406 | 0.97 | 0.86–1.09 | 0.641 |
Northern Ireland | 0.96 | 0.76–1.22 | 0.745 | 0.90 | 0.79–1.03 | 0.132 |
See Supplementary Table S1 online for details of the variables included in each model. IRR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval.