• J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · Nov 2015

    Risk of Asthma in Late Preterm Infants: A Propensity Score Approach.

    • Gretchen A Voge, Slavica K Katusic, Rui Qin, and Young J Juhn.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
    • J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2015 Nov 1; 3 (6): 905-10.

    BackgroundThe risk of asthma, specifically in former late preterm infants, has not been well defined. Covariate imbalance and lack of controlling for this has led to inconsistent results in prior studies.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to determine the risk of asthma in former late preterm infants using a propensity score approach.MethodsThe study was a population-based birth cohort study. Study subjects were all children born in Rochester, Minn, between 1976 and 1982. Asthma status during the first 7 years of life was assessed by applying predetermined criteria. The propensity score was formulated using 15 covariates by fitting a logistic regression model for late preterm birth versus term birth. We applied the propensity score method to match late preterm infants (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks of gestation) to term infants (37 0/7 to 40 6/7 weeks of gestation) within a caliper of 0.2 standard deviation of logit of propensity score.ResultsOf the eligible 7040 infants, 5915 children had complete data. Before propensity score matching, late preterm infants had a higher risk of asthma (20 of 262, 7.6%) compared with full-term infants (272 of 5653, 4.8%) (P = .039). There was significant covariate imbalance between comparison groups. After matching with propensity scores, we found that former late preterm infants had a similar risk of asthma to the matched full-term infants (6.6% vs 7.7%, respectively, P = .61), and the result was consistent with covariate-adjustment Cox regression models controlling for significant covariates (P = .57).ConclusionA late preterm birth history is not independently associated with childhood asthma, as the reported risk of asthma among former late preterm infants appears to be due to covariate imbalance.Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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