Sociodemographic associations with allergic outcomes at age 8 in cohort children
| n | Atopy at age 8 | Current wheeze at age 8 | Seasonal rhinitis at age 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | p Value | N (%) | p Value | n (%) | p Value | ||
| *p for trend. | |||||||
| †Social class defined as I (professional), II (managerial and technical), III (skilled), IV (partly skilled), V (unskilled). | |||||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 299 | 44 (17.3) | 0.34 | 34 (12.6) | 0.61 | 49 (18.1) | 0.12 |
| Male | 342 | 60 (20.5) | 45 (14.0) | 75 (23.3) | |||
| Maternal atopy | 68 (17.4) | 0.004 | |||||
| – | 423 | 55 (15.2) | 0.002 | 48 (12.3) | 0.30 | ||
| + | 216 | 49 (26.5) | 31 (15.4) | 56 (27.7) | |||
| Paternal atopy | |||||||
| – | 329 | 46 (15.7) | 0.01 | 33 (10.6) | 0.02 | 63 (20.2) | 0.26 |
| + | 230 | 51 (25.3) | 39 (17.6) | 54 (24.3) | |||
| Social class† | |||||||
| I/II | 163 | 28 (19.6) | 0.90* | 22 (13.8) | 0.55* | 39 (24.4) | 0.80* |
| III | 274 | 37 (18.3) | 27 (10.8) | 42 (16.7) | |||
| IV/V | 126 | 16 (14.0) | 20 (16.8) | 32 (26.9) | |||
| Birth order | |||||||
| 1 | 270 | 51 (22.0) | 0.07* | 35 (13.9) | 0.77* | 71 (28.2) | 0.01* |
| 2 | 236 | 37 (18.3) | 28 (12.8) | 30 (13.8) | |||
| 3+ | 136 | 16 (14.0) | 16 (13.0) | 23 (18.7) | |||
| Smoker in the home | |||||||
| No | 373 | 64 (18.6) | 0.77 | 39 (10.5) | 0.01 | 79 (21.2) | 0.86 |
| Yes | 219 | 40 (19.6) | 40 (18.3) | 45 (20.6) | |||