Table 2 Number of children with at least one respiratory consultation during the 2-year follow-up, and the number of respiratory consultations per child during 2-year follow-up

From: Differences in respiratory consultations in primary care between underweight, normal-weight, and overweight children

 

Study population (n = 617)

Normal-weight (n = 391)

Underweight (n = 115)

Adjusted OR (95% CI) a

Overweight (n = 111)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)b

Number of children with respiratory consultations

      

 Any respiratory consultation, n (%)

279 (45.2)

168 (43.0)

53 (46.1)

1.06 (0.68–1.63)

58 (52.3)

1.54 (0.99–2.39)

 Asthma-like consultations, n (%)

47 (7.6)

24 (6.1)

12 (10.4)

2.01 (0.94–4.30)

11 (9.9)

1.59 (0.74–3.42)

 Respiratory inflammatory consultations, n (%)

168 (27.2)

108 (27.6)

32 (27.8)

0.87 (0.53–1.42)

28 (25.2)

0.98 (0.59–1.63)

 Respiratory allergy-related consultations, n (%)

81 (13.1)

46 (11.8)

15 (13.0)

1.30 (0.98–2.49)

20 (18.0)

1.53 (0.84–2.77)

Number of respiratory consultations per child

      

 Any respiratory consultation, mean (s.d.)

1.2 (2.0)

1.2 (2.0)

1.0 (1.6)

0.87 (0.64–1.1)

1.4 (2.2)

1.33 (0.99–1.77)

 Asthma-like consultations, mean (s.d.)

0.2 (0.8)

0.2 (0.7)

0.2 (0.7)

1.51 (0.85–2.69)

0.3 (1.0)

1.59 (0.94–2.68)

 Respiratory inflammatory consultations, mean (s.d.)

0.5 (1.1)

0.5 (1.1)

0.5 (1.1)

0.79 (0.54–1.16)

0.4 (0.9)

0.85 (0.57–1.27)

 Respiratory–allergy-related consultations, mean (s.d.)

0.3 (0.9)

0.2 (0.8)

0.2 (0.7)

1.17 (0.70–1.97)

0.4 (1.1)

1.65 (1.06–2.57)*

  1. SES socioeconomic status, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. *P < 0.05
  3. aOR between normal-weight and underweight, adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, SES, and breastfeeding
  4. bOR between normal-weight and overweight, adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, SES, and breastfeeding