Sze Man Tse1,2, Brent A Coull3, Joanne E Sordillo1, Soma Datta1, Diane R Gold1. 1. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 3. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusett.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional gender differences in wheeze are well documented, but few studies have examined the gender-specific risk factors for wheeze longitudinally. This study aims to identify gender- and age-specific risk factors for wheeze from birth through adolescence. METHODS: The incidence of wheeze was ascertained every 6 months through age 14 years in a birth cohort consisting of 499 children with a parental history of atopy. Gender- and age-specific risk factors were identified through generalized estimating equations. RESULTS: A total of 454 (91.0%) and 351 (70.3%) children were followed past age 7 and 13 years, respectively. Maternal asthma was a risk factor for wheeze in girls (OR = 2.05, 95% CI 1.44-2.91, P < 0.0001) and boys (OR = 1.79, 1.29-2.48, P = 0.0004) and had a similar effect on wheeze throughout the ages. Paternal asthma (OR = 1.83, 1.38-2.57, P = 0.0005) and infant bronchiolitis (OR = 2.15, 1.47-3.14, P < 0.0001) were risk factors for boys only, with similar effects throughout the ages. CONCLUSION: Using a prospective cohort, we identified gender- and age-specific risk factors for wheeze. The identification of gender-specific early life risk factors may allow for timely interventions and a more personalized approach to the treatment of asthma.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Cross-sectional gender differences in wheeze are well documented, but few studies have examined the gender-specific risk factors for wheeze longitudinally. This study aims to identify gender- and age-specific risk factors for wheeze from birth through adolescence. METHODS: The incidence of wheeze was ascertained every 6 months through age 14 years in a birth cohort consisting of 499 children with a parental history of atopy. Gender- and age-specific risk factors were identified through generalized estimating equations. RESULTS: A total of 454 (91.0%) and 351 (70.3%) children were followed past age 7 and 13 years, respectively. Maternal asthma was a risk factor for wheeze in girls (OR = 2.05, 95% CI 1.44-2.91, P < 0.0001) and boys (OR = 1.79, 1.29-2.48, P = 0.0004) and had a similar effect on wheeze throughout the ages. Paternal asthma (OR = 1.83, 1.38-2.57, P = 0.0005) and infantbronchiolitis (OR = 2.15, 1.47-3.14, P < 0.0001) were risk factors for boys only, with similar effects throughout the ages. CONCLUSION: Using a prospective cohort, we identified gender- and age-specific risk factors for wheeze. The identification of gender-specific early life risk factors may allow for timely interventions and a more personalized approach to the treatment of asthma.
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