Table 3.
Prevalence of rhinovirus at 12 months of age in relation to genetic and environmental factors
| Rhinovirus positive/n (%)* | p‐value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day‐care attendance | Yes | 31/61 (51%) | |
| No | 4/21 (19%) | 0.01 | |
| Siblings | Yes | 19/42 (45%) | |
| No | 17/47 (36%) | 0.40 | |
| 0–3 episodes of rhinorrhoea | 7/34 (21%) | ||
| 3–8 episodes of rhinorrhoea | 17/40 (43%) | ||
| Continuous rhinorrhoea | 12/20 (60%) | 0.01† | |
| Breast‐feeding | Yes | 12/22 (55%) | |
| No | 21/61 (34%) | 0.13 | |
| Smoking parents | Yes | 7/22 (32%) | |
| No | 29/58 (50%) | 0.21 | |
| Girls | 19/46 (41%) | ||
| Boys | 18/51 (35%) | 0.68 | |
| Born in winter‡ | 12/27 (44%) | ||
| Born in summer | 25/70 (36%) | 0.49 | |
| Family history of atopy | Yes | 26/70 (37%) | |
| No | 11/26 (42%) | 0.81 |
*
n not always 97 due to occasional missing data.
†
Test for trend.
‡
Winter: October–March, Summer: April–September.