Table 1.
Characteristics of the included () and excluded () population from the cohort SEPAGES in this study. Included population corresponds to children who had at least both one prenatal oxidative potential assessment and one test of lung function.
Characteristics | Included populationa () | Excluded populationa () | -Valueb |
---|---|---|---|
Sex of child | — | — | 0.2 |
Male | 185 (52%) | 73 (59%) | — |
Female | 171 (48%) | 51 (41 %) | — |
Missing | 0 | 4 | — |
Birth weight (g) | — | — | 0.13 |
Median (IQR) | 3,295 (3,048, 3,580) | 3,220 (2,995, 3,507) | — |
Missing | 0 | 5 | — |
Preterm birth ( wk) | — | — | 0.2 |
0 (No) | 341 (96%) | 115 (93%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 15 (4%) | 9 (7%) | — |
Missing | 0 | 4 | — |
Parental educational level y | — | — | 0.048 |
0 (No) | 100 (28%) | 48 (38%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 256 (72%) | 80 (62%) | — |
Delivery mode | — | — | 0.084 |
Vaginal | 302 (85%) | 96 (78%) | — |
C-section | 54 (15%) | 27 (22%) | — |
Missing | 0 | 5 | — |
Still breastfed at 6 wk | — | — | 0.11 |
0 (No) | 49 (14%) | 20 (20%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 306 (86%) | 78 (80%) | — |
Missing | 1 | 30 | — |
Parental history of rhinitis | — | — | 0.003 |
0 (No) | 132 (40%) | 26 (24%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 202 (60%) | 83 (76%) | — |
Missing | 22 | 19 | — |
Parity | — | — | 0.6 |
0 (nulliparous) | 160 (45%) | 62 (48%) | |
1 (primiparous) | 162 (46%) | 52 (41%) | |
2 or more (multiparous) | 34 (9.6%) | 14 (11%) | |
ETS in utero and wk | — | — | 0.7 |
0 (No) | 259 (73%) | 84 (75%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 95 (27%) | 28 (25%) | — |
Missing | 2 | 16 | — |
ETS y | — | — | 0.7 |
0 (No) | 270 (79%) | 70 (77%) | — |
1 (Yes) | 73 (21%) | 21 (23%) | — |
Missing | 13 | 37 | — |
Exposure to particulate air pollutionc | |||
() | 13.3 (10.6, 17.5) | 12.2 (8.2, 16.6) | 0.033 |
Missing | 0 | 79 | — |
() | 1.49 (1.11, 2.00) | 1.53 (1.05, 1.91) | 0.8 |
Missing | 0 | 97 | — |
() | 1.56 (1.07, 2.21) | 1.66 (0.93, 2.30) | |
Missing | 0 | 97 | |
Mean temperature during pregnancy (°C) | |||
Median (IQR) | 13.0 (10.6, 14.6) | 11.6 (10.1, 13.6) | 0.001 |
Missing | 0 | 4 | |
parametersc (6 wk) | |||
FRC (mL) | 105 (95, 115) | 108 (95, 115) | 0.6 |
Missing | 72 | 62 | — |
LCI | 7.58 (6.75, 8.47) | 7.49 (6.99, 8.12) | 0.9 |
Missing | 72 | 62 | — |
TBFVL parametersc (6 wk) | |||
(mL) | 34 (29, 39) | 33 (29, 36) | 0.4 |
Missing | 47 | 112 | — |
(%) | 35 (29, 42) | 36 (26, 45) | 0.8 |
Missing | 47 | 112 | — |
AOS parametersc (3 y) | |||
() | 11.53 (10.05, 13.04) | 12.67 (10.87, 14.17) | 0.021 |
Missing | 108 | 70 | — |
() | 1.02 (0.56, 1.61) | 1.18 (0.63, 1.98) | 0.2 |
Missing | 108 | 70 | — |
() | (, ) | (, ) | 0.037 |
Missing | 108 | 70 | — |
AX () | 68 (45, 92) | 70 (53, 105) | 0.3 |
Missing | 108 | 70 | — |
Note: —, no data; AA, ascorbic acid; AOS, airwave oscillometry; DTT, dithiothreitol; AX, area under the reactance curve; ETS, environmental tobacco smoke; FRC, functional residual capacity; LCI, lung clearance index; , nitrogen multiple-breath washout; OP, oxidative potential; , volume-normalized oxidative potential measured by the AA assay; , volume-normalized oxidative potential measured by the DTT assay; PM, particulate matter; , PM with an aerodynamic diameter ; , resistance at a frequency of 7 Hz; , difference between the resistance at 7 Hz and at 19 Hz; TBFVL, tidal breathing flow-volume loops; ratio of time to peak tidal expiratory flow to expiratory time; , tidal volume, , reactance at a frequency of 7 Hz.
Expressed in (%) or Median (IQR).
-Value from Wilcoxon rank sum test and Pearson’s chi-squared test comparing included and excluded population.
Variables used for population selection (selected children had prenatal exposure to PM and OP and either or TBFVL or AOS measures).