Table 4.
Unadjusted and adjusted* parameter estimates (and 95 % confidence intervals) for the associations between URI and dietary pattern scores obtained from PCA at 10 years of age among ALSPAC children
| ‘Health awareness’ dietary pattern | ‘Traditional’ dietary pattern | ‘Packed lunch/snack’ dietary pattern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | 95 % CI | β | 95 % CI | β | 95 % CI | |
| Unadjusted (n 5677) | ||||||
| Urban | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | |||
| Town | 0·30 | 0·14, 0·45 | −0·04 | −0·19, 0·11 | −0·15 | −0·29, −0·1 |
| Village | 0·43 | 0·29, 0·57 | −0·03 | −0·17, 0·01 | −0·28 | −0·41, −0·16 |
| Hamlet | 0·62 | 0·39, 0·85 | 0·22 | 0·00, 0·44 | −0·49 | −0·69, −0·28 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·21 | <0·001 | |||
| Adjusted* (n 5677) | ||||||
| Urban | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | |||
| Town | 0·14 | 0·00, 0·29 | −0·02 | −0·18, 0·13 | −0·11 | −0·25, 0·03 |
| Village | 0·21 | 0·08, 0·34 | 0·00 | −0·14, 0·14 | −0·22 | −0·35, −0·10 |
| Hamlet | 0·35 | 0·14, 0·56 | 0·27 | 0·05, 0·49 | −0·39 | −0·59, −0·19 |
| P value | <0·001 | 0·12 | <0·001 | |||
URI, urban/rural indicator; PCA, principal components analysis; ALSPAC, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
*
Adjusted for gender, maternal education, maternal age at delivery, highest parental social class and home ownership status.