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Table 3 Adjusted association measured between seafood consumption and wheeze, eczema and food allergy

From: Maternal fish and shellfish consumption and wheeze, eczema and food allergy at age two: a prospective cohort study in Brittany, France

  

Probable wheeze

Certain wheeze

Eczema

Food allergy

  

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Complete-case analysis

    

Fish consumption*

1398

1395

1395

 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

1–4 times a month

0.83 (0.58-1.17)

0.69 (0.45-1.05)§

1.06 (0.77-1.48)

1.27 (0.72-2.24)

 

≥2 times a week

1.04 (0.70-1.55)

0.90 (0.56-1.44)

0.89 (0.61-1.29)

1.48 (0.80-2.76)

Shellfish consumption*

    
 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

≥1 time a month

1.08 (0.83-1.40)

1.08 (0.78-1.49)

1.09 (0.85-1.40)

1.62 (1.11-2.37)‡

Fish consumption**

    
 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

1–4 times a month

0.82 (0.57-1.17)

0.68 (0.45-1.04)§

1.04 (0.75-1.45)

1.16 (0.65-2.07)

 

≥2 times a week

1.02 (0.68-1.54)

0.87 (0.54-1.42)

0.85 (0.58-1.25)

1.27 (0.67-2.39)

Shellfish consumption**

    
 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

≥1 time a month

1.06 (0.81-1.39)

1.08 (0.77-1.51)

1.13 (0.87-1.45)

1.57 (1.06-2.31)‡

Multiple imputation analysis

   

Fish consumption**

2981

2981

2981

 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

1–4 times a month

0.90 (0.69-1.17)

0.86 (0.63-1.17)

1.03 (0.76-1.39)

1.13 (0.70-1.83)

 

≥2 times a week

1.07 (0.78-1.47)

1.11 (0.75-1.67)

0.92 (0.58-1.46)

1.37 (0.79-2.39)

Shellfish consumption**

    
 

<1 time a month

1

1

1

1

 

≥1 time a month

1.02 (0.80-1.31)

1.02 (0.81-1.30)

1.01 (0.76-1.34)

1.52 (1.05-2.21)‡

  1. *Adjusted for: mother’s age, maternal education, folic acid supplementation, familial history of asthma/allergy, child’s sex, small-for-gestational age, infant’s method of feeding, day care attendance, post-natal exposure to tobacco and, child’s age at follow-up.
  2. **Both fish and shellfish consumption were included in the model with the adjustment variables above.
  3. § p-value < 0.10; ‡ p-value < 0.05.