Statistical analysis
The relationship between cord blood soluble FasL and atopic outcomes was
analyzed using an independent t-test. Univariate and multivariate
logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the risk factors and
confounding factors of allergic disease outcomes in 7-year-old children.
During the univariate logistic regression, variables with ap- value less than 0.1 were included in the subsequent
multivariate logistic regression. The relationships between cord blood
soluble FasL and FeNO/D. pteronyssinus -specific IgE were analyzed
by linear regression. All hypothesis testing was two-sided with a
priori levels of significance set at p < 0.05.
Statistical analyses were performed with IBM SPSS Statistics for
Windows, version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., USA).