Table 4 Risk of asthma among children with VSD compared with matched non-VSD children after 24 months (index date = birth date).

From: Population-based retrospective cohort study on community-acquired pneumonia hospitalization in children with a ventricular septal defect

 

No. of asthma cases/No of Accumulated person-years X 1000 (incidence rate/1000 person-years)

Absolute rate difference/10,000 person-years(95% CI)

Hazard Ratio(95% CI)*

Interaction P value**

Control

VSD

Total

No. of asthma cases

Incidence rate/1000 person-years

Total

No. of asthma cases

Incidence rate/1000 person-years

All

94,000

9820

134.2

9400

1010

140.5

6.25(− 2.81–15.31)

1.05(0.99–1.13)

NA

All***

85,260

9254

14.0

8526

940

14.4

0.42(− 0.55–1.38)

1.03(0.96–1.10)

NA

Sex

Female

45,843

4361

121.2

5052

500

128.2

6.97(− 4.83–18.77)

1.06(0.96–1.16)

0.922

Male

48,157

5459

146.8

4348

510

155.0

8.23(− 5.78–22.23)

1.05(0.96–1.16)

 

Birth weight, mean (SD), kg

< median (value = 3.2)

36,720

4032

142.3

4150

449

142.5

0.21(− 13.68–14.11)

1.03(0.94–1.14)

0.565

≥ median

51,038

5411

136.6

4773

521

142.0

5.36(− 7.37–18.08)

1.07(0.98–1.18)

 

Period since birth date, year

1–5

9579

9523

3794.0

997

987

3796.2

2.13(− 246.66–250.92)

1.01(0.95–1.08)

0.403

≥ 5

84,338

297

4.2

8375

23

3.3

− 0.89(− 2.32–0.55)

0.88(0.57–1.36)

 

Calendar year at birth date, No. (%)

2008–2009

36,741

5196

158.3

3377

487

162.9

4.61(10.49–19.70)

1.02(0.93–1.13)

0.382

2010–2012

57,259

4624

114.7

6023

523

124.5

9.87(1.30–21.04)

1.09(0.99–1.19)

 

Residence

Seoul/Metropolitan

42,321

4262

127.8

4452

473

138.3

10.55(− 2.49–23.59)

1.10(1.00–1.21)

0.430

City

43,047

4667

141.3

4173

452

142.6

1.29(− 12.46–15.05)

1.01(0.91–1.12)

 

Rural

7557

801

135.3

689

76

143.4

8.09(− 25.48–41.67)

1.07(0.83–1.38)

 

Income level

Lowest 20%

10,170

1077

136.2

987

107

140.8

4.63(− 23.26–32.52)

1.02(0.83–1.25)

0.409

Middle

55,868

5983

137.5

5611

622

145.0

7.48(− 4.44–19.40)

1.04(0.95–1.13)

 

Top 20%

24,106

2364

125.9

2457

258

137.2

11.36(− 6.14–28.85)

1.11(0.98–1.27)

 

No. of admission during the second year after study entry, No. (%)

0 time

60,673

5647

118.1

4866

451

118.7

0.62(–10.76–12.00)

1.00(0.90–1.10)

0.574

≥ 1 times

33,327

4173

164.7

4534

559

164.9

0.22(− 14.34–14.77)

1.04(0.95–1.14)

 

No. of outpatient visit during the second year after study entry, No. (%)

< Median(= 56)

47,720

3926

102.1

4097

334

102.5

0.32(− 11.12–11.76)

0.99(0.88–1.11)

0.519

≥ Median(= 56)

46,280

5894

169.8

5303

676

172.0

2.25(− 11.42–15.92)

1.04(0.96–1.13)

 

No. of admission with wheezing during the second year after study entry, No. (%)

0 time

76,938

7346

121.4

7129

712

128.8

7.37(− 2.49–17.23)

1.07(0.98–1.15)

0.105

≥ 1 times

17,062

2474

195.7

2271

298

178.4

− 17.29(− 38.96–4.39)

0.95(0.83–1.07)

 

No. of admission in ICU during the second year after study entry, No. (%)

0 time

93,731

9786

134.1

8055

866

140.1

6.04(− 3.67–15.74)

1.05(0.98–1.13)

0.365

≥ 1 times

269

34

188.9

1345

144

142.6

− 46.32(− 113.94–21.31)

0.92(0.61–1.38)

 

Comorbidity-AR

No

65,635

5436

104.56

6426

539

107.58

3.03(− 6.47–12.53)

1.06(0.96–1.16)

0.549

Yes

28,365

484

207.09

2974

471

216.06

8.97(− 11.48–29.42)

1.01(0.92–1.12)

 

Comorbidity-AD

No

85,911

8620

128.87

8611

888

134.95

6.09(− 3.20–15.37)

1.03(0.96–1.10)

0.758

Yes

8089

1200

191.39

789

122

200

8.61(− 28.49–45.72)

1.06(0.88–1.29)

 
  1. VSD ventricle septal defect, CI confidence interval, NA not applied.
  2. * Cox models were adjusted for sex, birth weight, calendar year at birth date, birth residence, and income quintile. First two years of follow-up were excluded for all analyses.
  3. ** P value was derived from interaction test by incorporating an interaction term to the Cox model.
  4. ***Inverse probability of treatment weighting-adjusted for sex, birth weight, calendar year at birth date, birth residence, and income quintile.