Associations between nutritional risk factors and preschool wheezing, transient wheezing, atopy, and eczema at age 5½
| Preschool wheezing | Transient wheezing | Atopy | Eczema | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results expressed as adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Models included parental asthma, parental atopy, smoking at age 5½, sex, mother’s education, mother’s age at birth of the first child, birth order, breast feeding, and introduction of egg and vegetables. | ||||
| Introduction of vegetables | ||||
| ⩽4 months | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >4 months | 1.2 (0.70 to 2.0) | 0.77 (0.50 to 1.2) | 1.0 (0.57 to 1.7) | 0.83 (0.55 to 1.3) |
| Introduction of egg | ||||
| ⩽8 months | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| >8 months | 1.5 (0.92 to 2.4) | 1.1 (0.75 to 1.6) | 1.2 (0.74 to 2.0) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.4) |
| Breast feeding | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 0.78 (0.46 to 1.3) | 0.92 (0.61 to 1.4) | 1.1 (0.63 to 2.0) | 0.71 (0.47 to 1.1) |