Time point | Variable (normally distributed) | Men (n = 169) | n | Women (n = 223) | n | ||
Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | ||||
Fetal | Birth weight* (z score) | −2.7–2.2 | −0.3 (0.9) | 169 | −3.2–3.0 | 0.0 (1.1) | 223 |
Adulthood | Body fat (%) | 15.4–54.4 | 36.3 (7.2) | 168 | 14.4–61.8 | 41.7 (9.1) | 219 |
General | Height (cm) | 151.4–189.7 | 173.3 (6.5) | 168 | 147.1–176.1 | 161.4 (6.0) | 221 |
Time point | Variable (not normally distributed) | Range | Median (IQR) | n | Range | Median (IQR) | n |
Childhood | Total colds between ages 0 and 5 | 0–13 | 3 (2–5) | 168 | 0–12 | 3 (1–5) | 222 |
Total URTIs between ages 0 and 5 | 0–11 | 1 (0–3) | 168 | 0–10 | 2 (1–3) | 222 | |
Total LRTIs between ages 0 and 5 | 0–10 | 0 (0–1) | 168 | 0–8 | 0 (0–1) | 222 | |
Adulthood | Cigarette smoking history (pack-years)† | 0.1–73.0 | 22.6 (8.3–33.5) | 110 | 0.1–40.5 | 17.2 (5.7–26.0) | 120 |
Outcome | FEV1 (l) | 1.6–5.6 | 3.6 (3.2–3.9) | 169 | 1.4–4.7 | 2.6 (2.3–2.9) | 223 |
*Adjusted for sex and gestational age.13
†Excluding 56 men and 103 women who had never smoked.
FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; LRTIs, lower respiratory tract infections; URTIs, upper respiratory tract infections, excluding colds.