Table 1

Prevalence of atopic disorders among unvaccinated and vaccinated children and crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR)s for atopic disorders (vaccinated/unvaccinated) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for adjusted ORs.

AllergyEczemaAsthmaAny atopic disorder
Unvaccinated %11.413.611.422.7
Vaccinated %5.24.98.713.8
Crude OR0.400.330.690.51
Adjusted OR#0.230.260.400.37
95% CI0.07–0.790.11–0.630.10–1.700.16–0.87
  • #: Variables included in the multivariate model were for allergy (birth order, family size, year of birth, atopy of the father, age of mother at birth), eczema (birth order, atopy of the father, age of mother at birth), asthma (birth order, family size, year of birth, atopy of the father, age of mother at birth) and any atopy (birth order, family size, atopy of the father, age of mother at birth)

  • n=44 (unvaccinated) and 1,680 (vaccinated)