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. 2016 May 20;11(5):e0155695. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155695

Table 3. Childhood wheezing, family history, inhaler use and hospital admissions for all children less than 5 years-of-age compared by gestational age (unadjusted OR).

Very Preterm Moderate Preterm Late Preterm Full Term
N = 502 N = 479 N = 1,130 N = 1,402
Wheeze-ever (%) 325 (64.7%) 266 (55.5%) 581 (51.4%) 571 (40.7%)
OR (95% CI) 2.7 (2.2, 3.3) 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) 1.5 (1.3, 1.8)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
aOR (95% CI)# 2.6 (2.1, 3.3) 1.8 (1.4, 2.2) 1.5 (1.2, 1.7)
aOR (95% CI)^ 2.8 (2.2, 3.4) 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) 1.5 (1.3, 1.8)
Recent wheeze (%) 201 (40%) 160 (33.4%) 326 (28.8%) 261 (18.6%)
OR (95% CI) 2.9 (2.3, 5.7) 2.2 (1.7, 2.8) 1.8 (1.5, 2.1)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
aOR (95% CI)# 2.9 (2.3, 3.6) 2.2 (1.7, 2.8) 1.7 (1.4,2.0)
aOR (95% CI)^ 3.0 (2.4, 3.8) 2.3 (1.8, 2.9) 1.7 (1.4,2.1)
Mild wheeze (%) 183 (36.5%) 146 (30.5%) 291 (25.8%) 238 (17%)
OR (95% CI) 2.8 (2.2, 3.5) 2.1 (1.7, 2.7) 1.7 (1.4, 2.1)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Severe wheeze (%) 18 (3.6%) 14 (2.9%) 35 (3.1%) 23 (1.6%)
OR (95% CI) 2.2 (1.2, 4.2) 1.8 (0.9, 3.5) 1.9 (1.1, 3.3)
p-value <0.05 0.1 <0.05
Family history of atopy (%) 131 (26.1%) 115 (24%) 355 (31.4%) 380 (27.1%)
OR (95% CI) 1.0 (0.8,1.2) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 1.2 (1.0, 1.5)
p-value 0.662 0.184 0.018
Any inhaler medication use (%) 167 (33.3%) 95 (19.8%) 222 (19.6%) 167 (11.9%)
OR (95% CI) 3.7 (2.9, 4.7) 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) 1.8 (1.5, 2.5)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Corticosteroid inhaler medication use (%) 52 (10.4%) 27 (5.6%) 76 (6.7%) 41 (2.9%)
OR (95% CI) 3.8 (2.5, 5.9) 2.0 (1.2, 3.3) 2.4 (1.6, 3.5)
p-value <0.001 0.007 <0.001
Hospital admission with breathing related problem (last 12 months) (%) 110 (21.9%) 58 (12.1%) 112 (9.9%) 77 (5.5%)
OR (95% CI) 4.8 (3.5, 6.6) 2.4 (1.7, 3.4) 1.9 (1.4, 2.6)
p-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

#Confounding factors–gender, FH of atopy, maternal smoking during pregnancy, CS, maternal history of asthma, breastfeeding at birth, current maternal smoking, social status, ethnicity, and other family member smoking.

^adjusted for Family history of atopy only.