Table 4. Binary logistic regression analyses showing the relationship between increasing life stress events and infection-related hospitalisation before the age of 5 years (N = 2,141).

	Life stress events (both) OR (95% CI)†	Life stress events (males) OR (95% CI)†	Life stress events (females) OR (95% CI)†
Any ID (n = 696)	1.07 (1.02, 1.18)	1.11 (1.05, 1.18)	1.03 (0.96, 1.09)
LRTI (n = 151)	1.08 (1.00, 1.17)	1.17 (1.07, 1.29)	0.95 (0.84, 1.08)
URTI (n = 293)	1.11 (1.04, 1.17)	1.12 (1.03, 1.20)	1.09 (1.00, 1.19)
GI (n = 127)	1.09 (1.01, 1.18)	1.17 (1.05, 1.30)	1.00 (0.89, 1.14)
Other Viral (n = 82)	1.05 (0.95, 1.16)	1.18 (1.03, 1.35)	0.90 (0.76, 1.06)

^†odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals, Model adjusted for maternal age at pregnancy, maternal education at pregnancy and maternal smoking in pregnancy. ID: Any infectious disease; LRTI: Lower respiratory tract infection; URTI: Upper respiratory tract infection; GI: Gastrointestinal infection; Other: Genitourinary infection, skin and soft tissue infection or other viral infection.