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. 2015 Jun 25;7(6):573–582. doi: 10.4168/aair.2015.7.6.573

Supplementary Table 1. Effect of exposure to both PM2.5 and ETS according to exposure time on susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in infancy.

LRTIs URTIs
No Yes aOR* (95% CI) No Yes aOR* (95% CI)
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Prenatal PM2.5 (Low) 68 (22.8) 5 (8.3) 1.00 17 (22.1) 57 (19.5) 1.00
Prenatal ETS (No)
Prenatal PM2.5 (Low) 97 (32.6) 22 (36.7) 2.68 (0.84, 8.61) 27 (35.1) 96 (32.9) 1.06 (0.50, 2.23)
Prenatal ETS (Yes)
Prenatal PM2.5 (High) 54 (18.1) 10 (26.7) 2.27 (0.62, 8.34) 13 (16.9) 54 (18.5) 1.14 (0.48, 2.70)
Prenatal ETS (No)
Prenatal PM2.5 (High) 79 (26.5) 23 (38.3) 6.56 (2.02, 21.24) 20 (26.0) 85 (29.1) 1.46 (0.65, 3.30)
Prenatal ETS (Yes)
Total 298 60 77 292
Prenatal PM2.5 (Low) 86 (37.2) 17 (31.5) 1.00 22 (40.0) 85 (35.1) 1.00
Postnatal ETS (No)
Prenatal PM2.5 (Low) 41 (17.7) 6 (11.1) 0.88 (0.30, 2.59) 9 (16.4) 40 (16.5) 1.21 (0.47, 3.08)
Postnatal ETS (Yes)
Prenatal PM2.5 (High) 73 (31.6) 22 (40.7) 1.92 (0.85, 4.36) 17 (30.9) 81 (33.5) 1.40 (0.64, 3.04)
Postnatal ETS (No)
Prenatal PM2.5 (High) 31 (13.4) 9 (16.7) 2.05 (0.69, 6.08) 7 (12.7) 36 (14.9) 1.25 (0.43, 3.67)
Postnatal ETS (Yes)
Total 231 54 55 242
Postnatal PM2.5 (Low) 43 (22.4) 7 (21.2) 1.00 16 (22.9) 36 (22.5) 1.00
Prenatal ETS (No)
Postnata PM2.5 (Low) 56 (29.2) 11 (33.3) 2.06 (0.54, 7.86) 24 (34.3) 43 (26.9) 1.18 (0.46, 3.07)
Prenatal ETS (Yes)
Postnata PM2.5 (High) 34 (17/7) 7 (21.2) 2.09 (0.49, 9.02) 13 (18.6) 29 (18.1) 0.79 (0.28, 2.25)
Prenatal ETS (No)
Postnata PM2.5 (High) 59 (30.7) 8 (24.2) 1.12 (0.27, 4.63) 17 (24.3) 52 (32.5) 1.29 (0.49, 3.38)
Prenatal ETS (Yes)
Total 192 33 70 160
Postnatal PM2.5 (Low) 51 (31.9) 8 (29.6) 1.00 19 (31.7) 41 (31.8) 1.00
Postnatal ETS (No)
Postnatal PM2.5 (Low) 31 (19.4) 6 (22.2) 2.54 (0.60, 10.83) 17 (28.3) 20 (15.5) 0.59 (0.20, 1.73)
Postnatal ETS (Yes)
Postnatal PM2.5 (High) 54 (33.8) 8 (29.6) 1.15 (0.28, 4.64) 20 (33.3) 42 (32.6) 0.65 (0.26, 1.63)
Postnatal ETS (No)
Postnatal PM2.5 (High) 24 (15.0) 5 (18.5) 2.29 (0.49, 10.78) 4 (6.7) 26 (20.2) 1.95 (0.44, 8.72)
Postnatal ETS (Yes)
Total 160 27 60 129

*Odds ratios were adjusted for maternal age, maternal body mass index, maternal educational state, infant sex, gestational age, delivery mode, and family history of allergy.

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ETS, environmental tobacco smoke; PM2.5, fine particulate matter; LRTIs, lower respiratory tract infections; URTIs, upper respiratory tract infections.