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Table 5 Relative risks estimates (hazard ratios) of hospitalization for bronchiolitis in 33+0d-34+6d wGA newborns

From: Risk factors for bronchiolitis hospitalization during the first year of life in a multicenter Italian birth cohort

 

Crude HR (95 % CI)

Adjusted HR (95 % CI)

  Prenatal Conditions

  

Assisted reproductive technology

0.3 (0.1-0.8)

 

Prenatal smoke exposure

1.9 (1.1-3.3)

2.0 (1.2-3.5)

  Neonatal Conditions

  

Male gender

1.6 (1.1-2.3)

1.6 (1.0-2.7)

Singleton

1.7 (1.1-3.0)

 

Apgar in the first 5 min <8

2.2 (1.1-4.9)

 

Birth weight in g

1.0 (1.0-1.0)

 

Surfactant therapy

3.8 (2.0-7.4)

3.1 (1.6-6.0)

Antibiotic therapy

2.0 (1.1-3.5)

 

  Postnatal Conditions

  

Presence of siblings ≤10 year

3.8 (2.1-6.6)

3.2 (1.8-5.7)

Residential crowding

3.0 (1.7-5.5)

2.9 (1.6-5.4)

Indoor humidity

1.9 (1.1-3.8)

 

Exposure to epidemic season

1.8 (1.0-3.0)

1.8 (1.0-3.3)

  1. wGA = weeks of gestational age; HR = hazard risk; 95 %CI = 95 % confidence interval; yrs = years