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Table 3 Adjusted incidence rate ratio for ALRI hospitalisations in children with isolated or multiple birth defects (BDs)

From: Morbidity due to acute lower respiratory infection in children with birth defects: a total population-based linked data study

Hospitalisation diagnosis

Aboriginal

Non- Aboriginal

 

Isolated BDs

Multiple BDs

Isolated BDs

Multiple BDs

 

IRR* (95%CI)

IRR* (95%CI)

IRR* (95%CI)

IRR* (95%CI)

Any ALRI <24 months

2.0 (1.6, 2.5)

3.4 (2.3, 5.0)

1.8 (1.6, 1.9)

4.4 (3.6, 5.4)

Bronchiolitis <12 months

2.0 (1.5, 2.7)

1.7 (1.0, 3.0)

1.5 (1.4, 1.7)

3.4 (2.6, 4.4)

Pneumonia <24 months

1.5 (1.0, 2.2)

5.0 (2.9, 8.6)

1.8 (1.5, 2.1)

6.0 (4.4, 8.2)

  1. *IRR, incidence rate ratio.
  2. For each model, the reference group is children with no birth defects.
  3. Adjusted for gender, gestational age, season of birth, mode of delivery, number previous pregnancies, per cent optimal birthweight (POBW), maternal age, maternal asthma during pregnancy, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and socioeconomic indices for areas accessibility/remoteness index of Australia [11].
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BMC Pediatrics

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