Figure 1

Influence of early life overcrowding on inflammation, lung function and cognitive performance in adulthood. The entire group of 666 participants was divided into categories dependent on the number of people (adults and children) in the home when subject was aged 11 years divided by the number of rooms in the home. 241 participants were in the category people/room < 1, 205 participants were in the category people/room 1.0-1.5, 137 participants were in the category people/room 1.5-2.0, and 81 participants were in the category people/room >2. 2 participants did not report the number of rooms in the childhood home. P value is the significance of number of people per room as a predictor of CRP, ICAM, FEV1 and Choice Reaction Time in age and sex adjusted regression models. The height of the bar represents the geometric mean within each category of people/room.