Table 3

Prevalence of symptoms in participants with a gestational age ≤ 32 weeks with & without BPD and controls according to gender
Symptom
BPD
 No BPD
 controls
 p BPD
 p no BPD vs
 PBPD vs



yes (%)
 yes (%)
 yes (%)
 vs controls
 vs controls
 no BPD
Have you had wheezing
in your chest at any time in
the last twelve months?
 females
 7 (41.1)
 58 (29.5)
 145 (21.8)
 0.06
 0.025
 0.3

males
 9 (23.7)
 25 (15.3)
 122 (18.9)
 0.18
 0.28
 0.2
Have you had this wheezing
when you did not have cold?
 females
 6 (35.3)
 23 (11.7)
 87 (13.1)
 0.008
 0.6
 0.006

males
 4 (10.8)
 15 (9.2)
 73 (11.3)
 0.9
 0.4
 0.7
Are you troubled by shortness
of breath when Hurrying on level
ground or walking up a slight hill?
 females
 6 (42.9)
 41 (20.8)
 104 (16.3)
 0.008
 0.01
 0.13

males
 3 (12.0)
 13 (10.2)
 61 (9.9)
 0.7
 0.9
 0.7
Do you get short of breath
walking with other people of
your own age on level ground?
 females
 0 (0)
 12 (7.1)
 11 (1.7)
 0.6
 <0.001
 0.6

males
 0 (0)
 5 (3.9)
 9 (1.5)
 0.5
 0.06
 0.6
Do you have to stop
for breath when walking at your
own pace on level ground?
 females
 0 (0)
 6 (3.6)
 1 (0.2)
 0.8
 <0.001
 1.0

males
 0 (0)
 6 (4.7)
 4 (0.6)
 0.7
 <0.001
 0.6
Have you ever had asthma?
 females
 4 (23.5)
 23 (12)
 31 (4.7)
 <0.001
 <0.001
 0.2

males
 3 (8.1)
 13 (8.2)
 28 (4.3)
 0.28
 0.05
 1.0
Have you had an attack of
asthma in the last twelve months?
 females
 1 (6.25)
 10 (17.2)
 15 (2.3)
 0.32
 0.007
 1.0

males
 0 (0)
 4 (2.5)
 2 (0.3)
 0.73
 0.004
 0.5
Do you have hay fever?
 females
 1 (5.9)
 16 (8.1)
 135 (20.4)
 0.13
 <0.001
 0.7

males
 1 (2.6)
 20 (12)
 109 (17)
 0.02
 0.1
 0.1
Do you have eczema?
 females
 5 (29.4)
 18 (9.1)
 276 (41.7)
 0.3
 <0.001
 0.01

males
 3 (7.9)
 13 (7.9)
 196 (30.5)
 0.002
 <0.001
 1.0

Vrijlandt et al. Respiratory Research 2005 6:117   doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-117