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. 2013 Feb 27;8(2):e57261. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057261

Table 2. Associations between artificially-sweetened non-carbonated soft drinks consumption during pregnancy and child asthma in the Danish National Birth Cohort.

Frequencyof intake Cases/N Asthma (18 months) P for trend** Cases/N Asthma (7years - ISAAC) P for trend** Cases/N Ever asthma (DNPR) P for trend** Cases/N Ever asthma (RMPS) P for trend**
N = 44,650 N = 38,165 N = 38,272 N = 38,272
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Never Crude 4,632/29,392 1.00 (ref.) <0.0001 1,018/25,508 1.00 (ref.) 0.20 1,443/25,584 1.00 (ref.) 0.001 7,78725,586 1.00 (ref.) <0.0001
Adjusted* <0.0001 0.84 0.08 0.001
<1 serv/week Crude 606/3,258 1.22 (1.11, 1.34) 97/2,685 0.90 (0.73, 1.12) 172/2,692 1.14 (0.97, 1.34) 851/2,690 1.06 (0.97, 1.15)
Adjusted* 1.22 (1.09, 1.36) 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) 1.20 (0.98, 1.48) 1.06 (0.95, 1.18)
Weekly Crude 1,179/6,137 1.27 (1.18, 1.36) 216/5,087 1.07 (0.92, 1.24) 326/5,102 1.14 (1.01, 1.29) 1,750/5,102 1.19 (1.12, 1.27)
Adjusted* 1.21 (1.11, 1.31) 0.94 (0.77, 1.14) 1.13 (0.97, 1.33) 1.07 (0.99, 1.16)
> = 1 serv/day Crude 1,202/5,863 1.38 (1.28, 1.48) 210/4,885 1.08 (0.93, 1.26) 333/4,894 1.22 (1.08, 1.38) 1,765/4,894 1.29 (1.21, 1.38)
Adjusted* 1.23 (1.13, 1.33) 1.00 (0.82, 1.22) 1.14 (0.98, 1.34) 1.15 (1.06, 1.25)
*

Adjusted for maternal age, smoking, parity, prepregnancy BMI, physical activity, breastfeeding, socioeconomic position, child sex, maternal history of asthma, maternal history of allergies, paternal history of asthma, paternal history of allergies, and energy (in quintiles).

**

Median values (0, 0.5, 3.5, and 7) for each intake group entered as a continuous variable into the model.

ISAAC: International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.

DNPR: Danish National Patient Registry.

RMPS: Register of Medicinal Products Statistics.