Associations between infection counts and antibiotic prescriptions by age 5 and outcomes at age 8: cohort children
| Total | ⩾25 infections by age 5 | ⩾15 prescriptions by age 5 | Total visits to GP by age 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | p Value | n (%) | p Value | Median (range) | p Value | ||
| Atopy at age 8 | 0.02 | ||||||
| – | 444 | 78 (17.8) | 0.90 | 94 (21.4) | 0.32 | 31 (3–151) | |
| + | 104 | 19 (18.3) | 27 (26.0) | 35 (2–98) | |||
| Current wheeze at age 8 | <0.001 | ||||||
| – | 514 | 76 (15.1) | <0.001 | 98 (19.4) | <0.001 | 29 (11–124) | |
| + | 79 | 27 (35.1) | 30 (39.0) | 39 (2–151) | |||
| Seasonal rhinitis at age 8 | <0.001 | ||||||
| – | 470 | 67 (14.6) | <0.001 | 85 (18.5) | <0.001 | 29 (2–124) | |
| + | 123 | 36 (29.5) | 43 (35.3) | 39 (8–151) | |||