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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Allergy. 2018 Dec;48(12):1688–1697. doi: 10.1111/cea.13294

Table 4:

Association of residual exclusive breastfeeding duration¥ with prevalence of eczema (measured repeatedly at ages 1-or-2, 4, 10, and 18 years) stratified by maternal gestational smoking.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy

Parameter Levels NO (k=3011)
YES (k=839)
Risk ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Risk ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Residual duration of
exclusive breastfeeding
1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 0.75 0.97 (0.94, 0.99) 0.04
0 weeks Ref. Ref.
≥ 3 weeks 1 (0.98, 1.03) 0.75 0.91 (0.84, 0.99) 0.04
≥ 9 weeks 1.01 (0.93, 1.1) 0.75 0.76 (0.58, 0.98) 0.04
≥ 15 weeks 1.02 (0.89, 1.2) 0.75 0.63 (0.41, 0.97) 0.04
≥ 21 weeks 1.03 (0.85, 1.3) 0.75 0.52 (0.29, 0.96) 0.04
FLG loss of function
variants
1.5 (1.06, 2.06) 0.02 1.99 (1.02, 3.90) 0.04
Time Year 1/ 2 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Year 4 0.76 (0.63, 0.92) 0.006 0.66 (0.4, 1.08) 0.1
Year 10 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) 0.51 0.98 (0.64, 1.48) 0.9
Year 18 0.74 (0.60, 0.92) 0.007 0.86 (0.54, 1.39) 0.55
Weeks of gestation 1.1 (1.0, 1.23) 0.09 1.12 (0.96, 1.33) 0.15
Maternal eczema status 1.3 (0.97, 1.85) 0.07 1.17 (0.61, 2.24) 0.62
Paternal eczema status 1.87 (1.32, 2.63) 0.0004 1.24 (0.54, 2.86) 0.61
Gender (Female is the
reference)
Male 0.89 (0.70, 1.14) 0.36 1.06 (0.64, 1.76) 0.81
¥

Residuals are calculated by regressing exclusive breastfeeding duration on maternal gestational smoking.

Note: Socio economic status not added in the model since it did not have enough variability in the smoking =‘Yes’ group