Research Article
Developmental Profiles of Mucosal Immunity in Pre-school Children
Table 3
Regression coefficients (standard errors in parentheses) for multilevel regressions on each immunological outcome.
| | Immunological outcome | | Predictor | IgA | IgG | IgM | E. coli |
| | Time effect linear | 0.172* (0.071) | −0.103 (0.109) | −0.021 (0.121) | −0.058 (0.099) | | Time effect curvilinear | −0.043* (0.017) | 0.021 (0.026) | 0.018 (0.029) | 0.020 (0.024) | | Aged older than 4 years | 0.271*** (0.081) | 0.152 (0.132) | 0.3218 (0.139) | 0.091 (0.119) | | Female | −0.035 (0.089) | 0.159 (0.147) | 0.120 (0.155) | −0.279* (0.132) | | Previous childcare experience | 0.185* (0.092) | −0.040 (0.150) | 0.473** (0.157) | 0.329* (0.136) | | High pre-school exposure | −0.166 (0.090) | −0.317* (0.146) | −0.211 (0.154) | 0.401** (0.132) | | Having siblings | 0.028 (0.056) | −0.107 (0.092) | 0.130 (0.097) | 0.070 (0.084) | | ETS exposure | 0.205* (0.082) | 0.453*** (0.134) | 0.087 (0.141) | −0.075 (0.121) | | Having atopy | −0.216* (0.103) | −0.372* (0.168) | −0.025 (0.177) | 0.199 (0.151) | | Having been hospitalised | −0.002 (0.096) | 0.151 (0.157) | −0.412* (0.165) | −0.125 (0.141) |
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Note. Outcomes are logtransformed.
Significance of associations: *; **; ***.
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