Acute bronchiolitis in infancy as risk factor for wheezing and reduced pulmonary function by seven years in Akershus County, Norway

Table 3 Wheezing^a ever and current asthma in children hospitalised or not with acute bronchiolitis in infancy

Reported at child age seven years	Hospitalised group			Not hospitalised group
	RS- (n = 22)	RS+ (n = 35)	Both (n = 57)	Controls (n = 64)
≥3 episodes of wheezing ever during follow-up^d	12	17	29	9
Current follow-up for asthma by a medical doctor^b,e	10	21	31	5
Current medication for asthma^c,e	8	12	20	5

^a Wheezing ever in childhood treated by a family physician or a practicing paediatrician
^b Current follow-up for asthma by a family physician or a practicing paediatrician
^c Current asthma medication like β-2 agonists or inhaled corticosteroids
^d P < 0.001 with chi square test between the hospitalised group and not hospitalised group
^e P < 0.001 with chi square test between the hospitalised group and not hospitalised group

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