Table 1.

Incidence rates and hazard ratio of allergic diseases in children with or without enterovirus infection in early life

	Non-enterovirus-infected group			Enterovirus-infected group			Adjusted HRa (95% CI)
	Number of events	Person-years	Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years)	Number of events	Person-years	Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years)
Atopic dermatitis	558	80242.6	6.95	717	88169.99	8.13	1.09 (0.97–1.23)
Asthma	2262	70297.48	32.18	2940	70364.48	41.78	1.13 (1.07–1.20)*
Allergic rhinitis	3835	64142.21	59.79	4910	62676.57	78.34	1.13 (1.08–1.19)*

Bold values indicate statistical significance p <  0.05

^aAdjusted for age, sex, urbanisation level, upper respiratory tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection, otitis media, bronchitis, congenital anomalies, infectious diarrhoea, infectious colitis, enteritis and gastroenteritis, acetaminophen, outpatient visits, and inpatient visit

p <  0.0001