Table 3

Relationship between maternal late-pregnancy 25-hydroxyvitamin D status and offspring asthma and wheeze at age 6 years

Univariable modelFinal model
RR (95% CI)p ValuenRR (95% CI)p Valuen
Current doctor-diagnosed asthma at 6 years0.97 (0.91 to 1.04)0.368600.98 (0.92 to 1.04)0.56836
Current wheeze at 6 years0.98 (0.92 to 1.03)0.408600.99 (0.94 to 1.05)0.76833
Any wheeze at or before 6 years1.00 (0.98 to 1.01)0.618561.00 (0.98 to 1.02)0.95823
Transient wheeze1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)0.857191.00 (0.98 to 1.02)0.89707
Persistent/late wheeze0.98 (0.93 to 1.03)0.374890.98 (0.94 to 1.03)0.49475
 Persistent/late wheeze with atopy0.90 (0.81 to 0.99)0.032570.91 (0.84 to 0.99)0.04251
 Persistent/late wheeze without atopy0.99 (0.91 to 1.06)0.732591.01 (0.94 to 1.09)0.73253
  • Data presented as change in RR per 10 nmol/litre change in maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status at 34 weeks' pregnancy.

  • Adjusted models: asthma—maternal education, maternal asthma, paternal asthma and paternal rhinitis; wheeze at age 6—maternal education, maternal asthma, paternal rhinitis, pets in the home during the child's infancy; wheeze at or before 6 years—maternal body mass index (BMI), child's gender, maternal education, maternal asthma, paternal asthma, maternal rhinitis; transient wheeze—maternal BMI, child's gender, mother's parity, maternal asthma, maternal rhinitis; persistent/late wheeze—maternal education, smoking during pregnancy, maternal asthma, paternal asthma, maternal rhinitis; persistent/late wheeze with atopy—child's gender, maternal asthma, paternal asthma, paternal rhinitis, pets in the home during infancy; persistent/late wheeze without atopy—maternal age, smoking during pregnancy, maternal asthma, paternal asthma, pets in the home during infancy.