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. 2016 Mar;137(3):899–906.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.07.044

Table E2.

Crude associations between maternal geohelminth infections and study outcomes

Geohelminth variable Eczema to 3 y
Wheeze to 3 y
Allergen SPT reactivity at 3 y
SPT reactivity to HDM at 3 y
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Any maternal geohelminth presence
 No (54.1%) 1 1 1 1
 Yes (45.9%) 1.31 (1.05-1.65) .018 1.17 (0.96-1.43) .110 0.84 (0.66-1.05) .131 0.66 (0.48-0.91) .010
Maternal A lumbricoides presence
 No (72.5%) 1 1 1 1
 Yes (27.5) 1.44 (1.13-1.84) .003 1.38 (1.11-1.72) .003 0.74 (0.57-0.97) .031 0.51 (0.34-0.77) .001
Intensity
 Uninfected (77.8%) 1 1 1 1
 Light (17.1%) 1.28 (0.92-1.78) .150 1.33 (1.03-1.72) .027 0.68 (0.49-0.96) .030 0.51 (0.31-0.84) .008
 Moderate/heavy (5.1%) 1.45 (0.85-2.50) .176 1.63 (1.07-2.48) .022 0.88 (0.52-1.51) .647 0.46 (0.18-1.15) .095
Maternal T trichiura presence
 No (71.1%) 1 1 1 1
 Yes (28.9%) 1.21 (0.92-1.60) .181 1.16 (0.93-1.43) .181 0.85 (0.66-1.10) .222 0.65 (0.45-0.94) .022
Intensity
 Uninfected (73.8%) 1 1 1 1
 Light (22.0%) 1.20 (0.88-1.64) .243 1.20 (0.88-1.64) .854 0.83 (0.62-1.11) .209 0.66 (0.44-1.00) .053
 Moderate/heavy (4.2%) 1.75 (0.99-3.58) .053 1.75 (0.99-3.09) .576 0.67 (0.36-1.31) .254 0.22 (0.05-0.92) .037
Maternal hookworm presence
 No (94.4%) 1 1 1 1
 Yes (5.6%) 1.51 (0.92-2.49) .106 0.87 (0.56-1.36) .541 0.79 (0.46-1.35) .384 0.79 (0.38-1.65) .535

ORs and 95% CIs were estimated using logistic regression. P values of less than .05 are shown in boldface. Uninfected data for prevalence are derived from the results of all parasitologic methods, whereas those for infection intensity form Kato-Katz results.