Prevalence and risk of wheezing outcome according to risk scoring system
| Risk score | Wheezing outcome for each score | p‐value | OR | 95% CI | |
| Persistent | Transient | ||||
| 0 | 20.0 (2/10) | 80.0 (8/10) | 0.324# | 0.38 | 0.08–1.83 |
| 1 | 19.1 (13/68) | 80.9 (55/68) | <0.001 | 0.28 | 0.14–0.54 |
| 2 | 31.7 (32/101) | 68.3 (69/101) | 0.058 | 0.60 | 0.36–1.02 |
| 3 | 65.6 (42/64) | 34.4 (22/64) | <0.001 | 4.49 | 2.46–8.19 |
| 4 | 83.3 (10/12) | 16.7 (2/12) | 0.002# | 8.65 | 1.85–40.38 |
Data are presented as % (n/total n)
OR: odds ratio
CI: confidence interval
Values shown indicate wheezing outcome at varying degrees of risk score
#: comparisons are of persistent and transient wheezing outcome by Chi-squared analysis with Fisher's exact test where indicated by low expected cell counts