Table 2 The associations between asthma diagnosed at different ages and attained adult heights
From: The influence of childhood asthma on adult height: evidence from the UK Biobank
Full cohort (n = 149,610) | Men cohort (n = 86,250) | Women cohort (n = 63,360) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of individuals | Attained adult height (cm), mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | No. of individuals | Attained adult height (cm), mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | No. of individuals | Attained adult height (cm), mean (SD) | β (95% CI)a | p for sex differenceb | |
Unexposed group | 136,008 | 171 (9.24) | 0 (ref) | 78,408 | 176 (6.76) | 0 (ref) | 57,600 | 163 (6.27) | 0 (ref) | |
Exposed group, by age at asthma diagnosis (years) | ||||||||||
≤ 2 | 1150 | 169 (8.98) | − 0.98 (− 1.34~− 0.62) | 599 | 175 (6.91) | − 1.42 (− 1.93~− 0.90) | 551 | 162 (6.10) | − 0.51 (− 1.00~− 0.01) | 0.012 |
3–4 | 1783 | 169 (9.11) | − 0.80 (− 1.09~− 0.51) | 950 | 175 (6.51) | − 0.97 (− 1.38~− 0.56) | 833 | 162 (6.36) | − 0.60 (− 1.01~− 0.20) | 0.211 |
5–6 | 2325 | 171 (9.28) | − 0.38 (− 0.64~− 0.13) | 1420 | 176 (6.73) | − 0.38 (-0.71~− 0.04) | 905 | 163 (6.45) | − 0.40 (-0.79~− 0.02) | 0.939 |
7–9 | 2650 | 171 (9.31) | − 0.36 (− 0.59~− 0.12) | 1649 | 176 (6.64) | − 0.26 (− 0.57~0.05) | 1001 | 163 (6.49) | − 0.51 (− 0.88~− 0.14) | 0.310 |
10–12 | 2621 | 172 (9.35) | − 0.25 (− 0.49~− 0.01) | 1684 | 177 (6.70) | − 0.13 (− 0.43~0.18) | 937 | 163 (6.40) | − 0.49 (− 0.88~− 0.11) | 0.152 |
13-18 | 3073 | 170 (9.50) | − 0.27 (− 0.49~− 0.05) | 1540 | 177 (6.90) | − 0.04 (− 0.37~0.28) | 1533 | 163 (6.30) | − 0.52 (− 0.82~− 0.22) | 0.035 |
p for trendc | < 0.001 | 0.005 | < 0.001 | 0.015 | ||||||