Table 5.
Odds ratios and 95% CIs for asthma confirmed by a physician across quartiles of Mediterranean diet scores in the total population as well as based on gender
| Quartile of Mediterranean diet score |
Ptrend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
||
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Total participants (n with/without confirmed asthma) | 131/2717 | 58/1365 | 95/2288 | 40/973 | |
| Crude | 1.00 | 0.88 (0.64–1.20) | 0.86 (0.65–1.12) | 0.85 (0.59–1.22) | 0.24 |
| Model 1a | 1.00 | 0.87 (0.63–1.19) | 0.84 (0.64–1.10) | 0.85 (0.59–1.22) | 0.22 |
| Model 2b | 1.00 | 0.87 (0.63–1.19) | 0.84 (0.64–1.10) | 0.85 (0.59–1.22) | 0.21 |
| Model 3c | 1.00 | 0.87 (0.63–1.19) | 0.84 (0.64–1.10) | 0.85 (0.59–1.22) | 0.21 |
| Girls (n with/without confirmed asthma) | 68/1479 | 33/754 | 51/1268 | 22/578 | |
| Crude | 1.00 | 0.95 (0.62–1.45) | 0.87 (0.60–1.26) | 0.82 (0.50–1.35) | 0.36 |
| Model 1 | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.60–1.40) | 0.84 (0.58–1.22) | 0.81 (0.49–1.32) | 0.29 |
| Model 2 | 1.00 | 0.91 (0.59–1.40) | 0.84 (0.57–1.21) | 0.81 (0.49–1.33) | 0.29 |
| Model 3 | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.60–1.41) | 0.84 (0.58–1.22) | 0.81 (0.50–1.33) | 0.30 |
| Boys (n with/without confirmed asthma) | 63/1238 | 25/611 | 44.1020 | 18/395 | |
| Crude | 1.00 | 0.80 (0.50–1.29) | 0.84 (0.57–1.25) | 0.89 (0.52–1.53) | 0.48 |
| Model 1 | 1.00 | 0.80 (0.50–1.28) | 0.84 (0.56–1.24) | 0.90 (0.52–1.54) | 0.49 |
| Model 2 | 1.00 | 0.80 (0.49–1.28) | 0.83 (0.56–1.24) | 0.88 (0.51–1.50) | 0.44 |
| Model 3 | 1.00 | 0.80 (0.49–1.28) | 0.83 (0.56–1.23) | 0.87 (0.51–1.50) | 0.43 |
a
Model 1: adjusted for age and sex (for total participants).
b
Model 2: further adjusted for watching TV & computer use.
c
Model 3: additionally, adjusted for BMI.