Table 2– Risk of bronchiolitis according to cumulative pool attendance (CPA) at indoor or outdoor chlorinated swimming pools during infancy#
CPA categoryCPA hSubjects n/N (%)OR (95% CI)p-valueptrend
UnadjustedAdjusted
Indoor pool total
0 h076/287 (26.5)1.0 (1.0–1.0)1.0 (1.0–1.0)
>0–20 h6 (2–12)27/92 (29.4)1.15 (0.69–1.94)0.79 (0.44–1.42)0.44
>20 h32 (25–45)24/51 (47.1)2.47 (1.34–4.54)2.02 (1.01–4.02)0.050.006
Outdoor pool total
0 h079/308 (25.7)1.0 (1.0–1.0)1.0 (1.0–1.0)
>0–20 h9 (5–14)21/54 (38.9)1.85 (1.01–3.38)1.91 (0.99–3.68)0.05
>20 h47 (30–84)27/68 (39.7)1.91 (1.1–3.3)1.59 (0.85–2.98)0.140.006
Indoor pool alone
0 h053/235 (22.6)1.0 (1.0–1.0)1.0 (1.0–1.0)
>0–20 h6 (2–11)11/50 (22.0)0.9 (0.43–1.88)0.58 (0.25–1.32)0.19
>20 h36 (24–66)12/23 (52.2)3.49 (1.46–8.34)3.49 (1.30–9.34)0.010.01
Outdoor pool alone
0 h059/235 (25.1)1.0 (1.0–1.0)1.0 (1.0–1.0)
>0–20 h9 (4–12)9/27 (33.3)1.6 (0.68–3.76)1.69 (0.66–4.3)0.27
>20 h50 (39–76)11/25 (44.0)2.51 (1.08–5.852.08 (0.81–5.34)0.130.03
  • CPA is presented as median (interquartile range). Odds ratios (ORs) were adjusted for sex, breastfeeding, day-care centre attendance, number of older siblings, parental asthma and/or respiratory allergies, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and, when the analysis was performed on all children, attendance of the other type of swimming. CI: confidence interval; N: number of subjects in group; ptrend: p-value for trend. #: before the age of 2 yrs; : all children.