Table 4.
Diagnosed conditions reported by symptomatic dairy avoiders (SDA), symptomatic wheat avoiders (SWA), symptomatic wheat-and-dairy avoiders (SWDA) and the rest of the sample with cases of coeliac disease excluded; CSIRO Food and Health Survey, Australia, December 2010–February 2011
| SDA | SWA | SWDA | Rest of the sample | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported diagnosed condition | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Heart disease and/or stroke | 5 | 6·0 | 5 | 11·6 | 5 | 12·5 | 114 | 11·8 |
| Diabetes | 6 | 7·1 | 3 | 7·0 | 2 | 5·0 | 63 | 6·5 |
| Obesity | 10 | 12·2 | 4 | 9·8 | 2 | 5·1 | 96 | 10·0 |
| Bowel or colorectal cancer | 1 | 1·2 | 0 | 0·0 | 1 | 2·5 | 22 | 2·3 |
| Irritable bowel syndrome | 13* | 15·3 | 7 | 16·7 | 10** | 26·3 | 78 | 8·1 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 4 | 4·7 | 2 | 4·7 | 3 | 7·7 | 24 | 2·5 |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome | 7* | 8·2 | 2 | 4·7 | 2 | 5·1 | 22 | 2·3 |
| Asthma | 14 | 16·5 | 11 | 25·6 | 9 | 22·5 | 166 | 17·4 |
| Depression | 23 | 27·1 | 12 | 27·9 | 15* | 38·5 | 180 | 18·8 |
| Food sensitivity or allergy | 33** | 37·5 | 16* | 35·6 | 17** | 40·5 | 79 | 7·9 |
*χ 2 significant at <0·05 level, **χ 2 significant at <0·001 level.