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Table 4 Association between dietary factorsb and past year wheeze according to skin prick test (SPT)

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

 

Wheeze among SPT positivea

Wheeze among SPT negativea

Difference between strata (p for z-test)

 

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Soft drink intake (N)

86

 

56

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.03

0.78 to 1.33

1.24

0.91 to 1.67

0.832

Fruit juice intake (N)

123

 

67

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.27

0.94 to 1.76

0.96

0.71 to 1.32

0.681

Cooked vegetable intake (N)

157

 

86

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

0.83

0.51 to 1.33

0.95

0.62 to 1.40

0.889

Raw vegetable intake (N)

139

 

77

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.15

0.84 to 1.63

1.02

0.72 to 1.49

0.793

Fruit intake (N)

110

 

57

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.08

0.82 to 1.41

0.89

0.67 to 1.18

0.980

Red meat intake (N)

145

 

83

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

0.68

0.50 to 0.98

1.07

0.76 to 1.55

0.459

Fish intake (N)

41

 

19

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

0.77

0.58 to 1.02

0.61

0.43 to 0.87

0.040

Dairy product intake (N)

166

 

91

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.31

0.62 to 5.32

1.28

0.76 to 2.41

0.366

Fast food consumption (N)

17

 

5

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

2.39

1.47 to 3.93

0.66

0.33 to 1.09

0.407

Canteen lunch (N)

65

 

138

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.64

1.20 to 2.30

1.01

0.78 to 1.33

0.023

Butter intake (N)

65

 

37

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.51

1.17 to 2.00

1.18

0.87 to 1.54

0.045

Vegetable oil intake (N)

127

 

69

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

1.22

0.90 to 1.69

1.11

0.80 to 1.64

0.303

Margarine intake (N)

44

 

22

  

 No

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

 Yes

0.67

0.51 to 0.84

0.69

0.49 to 0.95

0.041

  1. 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)
  2. bDietary variables in the ‘never’ and ‘less than once per week’ categories were classified as NO and dietary variables in the ‘1–2 times per week’, ‘3–6 times per week’ and ‘once per day or more often’ were classified as YES
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