Table 1.
Characteristics of children and their mothers
| Subjects n = 4277 |
|
|---|---|
| Maternal characteristics | |
| Age at enrollment, years mean (SD) | 31.7 (4.5) |
| Parity, nulliparous % (n) | 59 (2526) |
| Maternal education, higher % (n) | 59 (2510) |
| History of eczema, allergy and asthma, yes % (n) | 61 (2597) |
| Child characteristics | |
| Sex, female % (n) | 51 (2181) |
| Gestational age at birth, weeks median (2.5–97.5th percentile)a | 40.1 (35.5–42.3) |
| Birth weight, grams mean (SD)a | 3443.1 (566.9) |
| Ethnicity, non-European % (n) | 24 (1006) |
| Breastfeeding, ever % (n) | 93 (3961) |
| Eczema, ever % (n)a | 23 (859) |
| Eczema phenotypes % (n) | |
| Never | 76 (3229) |
| Early transient | 9 (363) |
| Mid-transient | 6 (259) |
| Late transient | 8 (333) |
| Persistent | 2 (93) |
| Current asthma, yes % (n)b | 5 (203) |
| Inhalant sensitization, yes % (n)b | 32 (985) |
| Food sensitization, yes % (n)b | 7 (209) |
| Physician diagnosed inhalant allergy, yes % (n)b | 12 (447) |
| Allergic rhinitis, yes % (n)a | 20.6 (734) |
| Physician diagnosed food allergy, yes % (n)b | 2 (79) |
| Lung function, Z-scores mean (SD)a | |
| FVC | 0.18 (0.91) |
| FEV1 | 0.13 (0.96) |
| FEV1/FVC | − 0.12 (0.95) |
| FEF75 | − 0.00 (0.91) |
Values are percentages (absolute values), mean (SD) or median (2.5–97.5th percentile) after imputation. aData was missing and not imputed for gestational age at birth (0.2%), birth weight (0.1%), ever eczema (11.6%), allergic rhinitis (26.9%), and lung function (11.5%). bData on the following outcomes were not imputed for the individual analysis and were missing for: current asthma (9.7%), inhalant (26.9%) and food sensitization (27.1%), physician diagnosed inhalant (10.9%) and food allergy (12.7%). They were imputed for the combined outcome analysis and values are for current asthma (yes) 6% (n = 237), inhalant sensitization (yes) 33% (n = 1394), food sensitization (yes) 8% (n = 336), physician-diagnosed inhalant allergy (yes) 12% (n = 521) and physician-diagnosed food allergy (yes) 3% (n = 105)