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. 2021 Dec 7;10(24):5727. doi: 10.3390/jcm10245727

Table 1.

Summary of demographics and lung function at the time of lung function testing for 909 First Nations subjects, including 48 subjects with ever-pneumonia status during critical development windows.

All Subjects (n = 909) Never-Pneumonia (n = 861) Ever-Pneumonia (n = 48) Pneumonia Occurred When <3 Years of Age (n = 26) Pneumonia Occurred When 3–5 Years of Age (n = 13) First pneumonia When >5 Years of Age (n = 9)
Median (IQR) or n (%)
Age when lung function undertaken 11.0 (8.2, 13.8) 11.0 (8.2, 13.8) 10.1 (8.1, 14.1) 9.1 (8.0, 14.1) 9.1 (7.4, 11.9) 13.4 (11.6, 16.7)
Female 464 (51%) 442 (51%) 22 (46%) 9 (35%) 7 (54%) 6 (67%)
Household smoking 130 (14%) 126 (15%) 4 (8%) 2 (8%) 1 (8%) 1 (11%)
Gestation age (weeks) >36 464 (51%) 438 (51%) 26 (54%) 15 (58%) 7 (54%) 4 (44%)
34–36 45 (5%) 42 (5%) 3 (8%) 1 (4%) 1 (8%) 1 (11%)
30–33 10 (1%) 10 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
<30 6 (1%) 6 (1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Unknown 385 (42%) 365 (42%) 20 (42%) 10 (38%) 5 (38%) 4 (44%)
Eczema 48 (5%) 45 (5%) 3 (6%) 2 (8%) 0 (0%) 1 (11%)
Hayfever 59 (6%) 53 (6%) 6 (12%) 4 (15%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Rash 44 (5%) 43 (5%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (11%)
Wheeze 115 (13%) 104 (12%) 11 (23%) 6 (23%) 1 (8%) 2 (22%)
FEV1 Litres (L) 2.02 (1.51, 2.77) 2.03 (1.52, 2.77) 1.97 (1.38, 2.75) 1.77 (1.32, 2.76) 1.74 (1.35, 2.12) 2.73 (2.13, 2.99)
Z–score −0.13 (−0.71, 0.54) −0.11 (−0.70, 0.58) −0.42 (−1.01, 0.12) −0.51 (−1.07, −0.04) −0.44 (−1.17, −0.24) 0.01 (−0.43, 0.42)
% Predicted 98.5 (91.5, 106.4) 98.7 (91.6, 106.8) 94.9 (87.0, 100.2) 94.0 (86.0, 99.6) 94.7 (85.8, 97.2) 100.1 (95.1, 104.9)
FVC Litres (L) 2.33 (1.74, 3.18) 2.34 (1.75, 3.18) 2.26 (1.60, 3.22) 1.99 (1.54, 3.39) 1.99 (1.55, 2.38) 3.03 (2.61, 3.44)
Z–score 0.04 (−0.58, 0.72) 0.06 (−0.58, 0.73) −0.30 (−1.00, 0.21) −0.28 (−1.14, 0.14) −0.47 (−1.03, −0.31) 0.05 (−0.34, 0.81)
% Predicted 100.4 (93.3, 108.3) 100.6 (93.3, 108.6) 96.6 (88.2, 102.5) 97.0 (87.6, 101.6) 94.7 (88.8, 96.5) 100.5 (96.0, 109.2)