Table 5

Relative risks (RR) for the associations between prenatal and postnatal growth and whether the child had ever wheezed by age 3 years but was not atopic compared with children who had never wheezed and were not atopic (unadjusted and adjusted) (N=970)

Unadjusted analysesAdjusted* analyses
RR(95% CI)p ValuenRR(95% CI)p Valuen
Birth size variables
Crown–heel length0.970.92 to 1.030.2829440.970.92 to 1.030.317926
Weight0.980.93 to 1.040.4869600.970.92 to 1.030.356942
Conditional fetal growth
11–19 weeks
Head circumference0.920.83 to 1.010.0903830.900.81 to 1.000.041373
Abdominal circumference0.980.88 to 1.090.7443610.970.87 to 1.090.637352
19–34 weeks
Head circumference0.930.87 to 1.000.0585640.940.88 to 1.010.096552
Abdominal circumference1.060.99 to 1.130.1175841.050.98 to 1.130.136572
Conditional infant growth
0–6 months
Length1.010.96 to 1.060.8259330.990.94 to 1.050.766915
Weight1.051.00 to 1.100.0449521.040.99 to 1.100.093934
Subscapular skinfold1.071.02 to 1.120.0099501.061.00 to 1.110.024932
6–12 months
Length0.970.91 to 1.030.3208780.980.92 to 1.050.636862
Weight1.040.97 to 1.110.2898911.081.00 to 1.150.036876
Subscapular skinfold1.000.95 to 1.060.9298871.020.96 to 1.090.465871
  • * Adjusted for gender, maternal age, smoking during pregnancy, maternal asthma, maternal rhinitis, paternal asthma, maternal education and birth order.