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Table 3 Association between dietary factors and atopic wheeze, past year wheeze, lifetime asthma, SPT positivity and BHR

From: Prevalence and association of asthma and allergic sensitization with dietary factors in schoolchildren: data from the french six cities study

 

Atopic wheezea

Past year wheezea

Lifetime asthmaa

SPT positivitya

BHRa

 

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Soft drink intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

1.05

0.70 to 1.58

1.00

0.72 to 1.38

1.07

0.82 to 1.40

1.18

0.98 to 1.43

1.10

0.82 to 1.47

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.89

0.57 to 1.39

0.88

0.62 to 1.26

1.03

0.77 to 1.37

0.99

0.81 to 1.22

0.94

0.68 to 1.30

 p-value

 

0.839

 

0.562

 

0.615

 

0.062

 

0.192

Fruit juice intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

0.76

0.53 to 1.09

0.97

0.72 to 1.30

1.02

0.81 to 1.29

0.94

0.79 to 1.11

1.01

0.77 to 1.31

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.66

0.43 to 0.91

0.89

0.64 to 1.24

0.73

0.55 to 0.96

0.96

0.79 to 1.15

1.15

0.87 to 1.53

 p-value

 

0.007

 

0.275

 

0.054

 

0.492

 

0.793

Cooked vegetable intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

0.99

0.55 to 1.79

1.19

0.76 to 1.87

1.02

0.70 to 1.49

0.88

0.66 to 1.16

1.06

0.71 to 1.59

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.98

0.66 to 1.45

0.94

0.68 to 1.29

1.10

0.86 to 1.40

1.05

0.88 to 1.26

0.77

0.57 to 0.94

 p-value

 

0.078

 

0.170

 

0.102

 

0.775

 

0.009

Raw vegetable intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

1.05

0.68 to 1.63

0.98

0.69 to 1.40

0.94

0.70 to 1.25

0.99

0.81 to 1.21

1.05

0.76 to 1.44

  ≥ 3 times/week

1.07

0.75 to 1.54

1.05

0.78 to 1.41

1.11

0.87 to 1.40

1.03

0.87 to 1.22

1.15

0.88 to 1.48

 p-value

 

0.094

 

0.682

 

0.532

 

0.428

 

0.645

Fruit intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

1.06

0.72 to 1.56

1.15

0.84 to 1.58

1.10

0.85 to 1.41

0.98

0.82 to 1.17

1.20

0.90 to 1.59

  ≥ 3 times/week

1.06

0.71 to 1.57

1.17

0.85 to 1.62

0.99

0.77 to 1.29

1.11

0.93 to 1.33

1.31

0.99 to 1.74

 p-value

 

0.109

 

0.670

 

0.351

 

0.592

 

0.468

Red meat intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

1.35

1.05 to 1.68

1.03

0.69 to 1.52

0.84

0.60 to 1.18

0.94

0.74 to 1.19

1.26

0.89 to 1.80

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.83

0.59 to 1.16

0,89

0.68 to 1.18

0.93

0.75 to 1.16

0.96

0.83 to 1.12

1.25

0.98 to 1.59

 p-value

 

0.022

 

0.587

 

0.261

 

0.546

 

0.074

Fish intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

2.78

0.66 to 11.61

0.75

0.53 to 0.93

1.11

0.61 to 2.03

1.05

0.69 to 1.61

1.44

0.69 to 3.02

  ≥ 3 times/week

2.46

0.57 to 10.51

1.25

0.54 to 2.89

1.22

0.65 to 2.26

1.03

0.66 to 1.60

1.67

0.78 to 3.57

 p-value

 

0.042

 

0.028

 

0.789

 

0.882

 

0.524

Dairy product intake (N)

5200

 

2322

 

6089

 

5902

 

5954

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

0.66

0.23 to 1.84

0.79

0.40 to 1.56

1.06

0.62 to 1.82

1.03

0.70 to 1.51

0.64

0.32 to 1.28

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.70

0.28 to 1.78

0.72

0.37 to 1.38

0.99

0.58 to 1.69

0.70

0.46 to 1.05

0.97

0.54 to 1.74

 p-value

 

<0.001

 

0.186

 

0.985

 

0.428

 

0.271

Fast food consumption (N)

4635

 

2198

 

5809

 

5165

 

5211

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

0.36

0.07 to 1.86

1.68

0.17 to 15.92

1.27

0.15 to 10.21

3.46

0.43 to 27.52

0.85

0.10 to 6.82

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.53

0.09 to 2.95

1.96

0.19 to 19.38

1.47

0.17 to 12.18

2.89

0.35 to 23.52

0.92

0.11 to 7.75

 p-value

 

0.715

 

0.643

 

0.302

 

0.407

 

0.079

Canteen lunch (N)

4817

 

2300

 

6046

 

5371

 

5414

 

 Never/occasionally

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 1–2 times/week

0.57

0.37 to 0.88

0.72

0.52 to 0.99

0.80

0.62 to 1.03

0.83

0.69 to 0.99

0.82

0.71 to 0.91

  ≥ 3 times/week

0.93

0.64 to 1.37

0.88

0.63 to 1.22

0.78

0.60 to 1.03

0.88

0.73 to 1.06

1.07

0.81 to 1.42

 p-value

 

<0.001

 

0.014

 

0.011

 

<0.001

 

0.005

  1. SPT Skin Prick Test, BHR Bronchial hyper-responsiveness
  2. aAdjusted for gender, place of residence, parental atopic disease, number of siblings (0, 1–2, ≥3), maternal education, parental ethnic origins, breastfeeding, day care center or nursery, overweight and obesity and current exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
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