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Table 5 Adjusted OR for pre-school asthma vs controls in relation to the number of hours spent in swimming pools before asthma onset (Unexposed as reference)

From: Early life swimming pool exposure and asthma onset in children – a case-control study

 

Low-to intermediate exposure

High exposure

Any exposure

Age

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

1y (n = 153)

2.25

(1.39

3.65)

1.73

(1.08

2.76)

1.95

(1.33

2.86)

2y (n = 93)

1.86

(1.10

3.16)

1.75

(0.94

3.25)

1.82

(1.14

2.90)

3y (n = 72)

1.82

(1.01

3.29)

1.48

(0.75

2.91)

1.68

(0.98

2.86)

4y (n = 55)

1.23

(0.63

2.40)

1.14

(0.53

2.42)

1.19

(0.65

2.20)

5y (n = 39)

0.89

(0.38

2.07)

1.51

(0.64

3.56)

1.13

(0.53

2.39)

6y (n = 26)

0.94

(0.31

2.78)

0.95

(0.29

3.09)

0.94

(0.34

2.65)

  1. Exposure = Cumulative number of hours
  2. Analysis at 1 years = the relationship between exposure in the first year of life and asthma onset between 1 and 6 years of age. Analysis at 2 years = the relationship between exposure in the first two years of life and asthma onset between 2 and 6 years of age. Analysis at 3 years = the relationship between exposure in the first three years of life and asthma onset between 3 and 6 years of age, etc