Table 4

 Asthma status in betamethasone and placebo exposed participants at age 30

Betamethasone(n = 253)Placebo(n = 281)Relative risk(95% CI)p value
Data are n (%).
*Positive response to one or more of the following: current use of asthma medications, attack of asthma in the last 12 months, or waking short of breath in last 12 months.10
Asthma diagnosed by doctor in lifetime68 (27)77 (27)0.98 (0.74 to 1.30)0.89
Wheezing in the last 12 months89 (35)93 (33)1.06 (0.84 to 1.35)0.61
Current asthma*50 (20)53 (19)1.05 (0.74 to 1.48)0.79