Open AccessRhinitis prevalence and incidence in a cohort of children with recurrent wheezing: from preschool age to adolescence
Author(s) -
Pereira Ana,
Gaspar Ângela,
MoraisAlmeida Mário
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-3-s2-p5
Subject(s) - medicine , atopy , asthma , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , cohort , allergy , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , food allergy , attendance , cohort study , immunology , physics , economics , optics , economic growth
Methods This cohort study included 308 children observed as first appointments in a tertiary hospital’s outpatient clinic in 1993. All children aged 0.49). A multiple logistic regression model was developed to study risk factors for rhinitis at preschool age; results were presented as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).