Table 3.

Dietary patterns and current asthma (n=53,101 women), E3N study - France

	Low intake (tertile 1)	Moderate intake (tertile 2)	High intake (tertile 3)	p for trend*
Prudent pattern
All women
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	363/17129	328/17234	372/17675
Multivariate OR (95% CI)†	1.00	0.94 (0.80–1.1)	1.02 (0.87–1.20)	0.7
Women without multivitamin supplement use in 2003
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	207/10968	200/11014	199/10675
Multivariate OR (95% CI)‡	1.00	1.06 (0.86–1.32)	1.10 (0.89–1.36)	0.4
Western pattern
All women
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	347/17183	334/17220	382/17635
Multivariate OR (95% CI)†	1.00	0.88 (0.70–1.10)	0.98 (0.76–1.26)	0.9
Women without multivitamin supplement use in 2003
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	203/10808	192/10991	211/10858
Multivariate OR (95% CI)‡	1.00	0.94 (0.79–1.11)	1.02 (0.84–1.23)	0.9
Nuts and wine pattern
All women
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	354/17163	316/17232	393/17643
Multivariate OR (95% CI)†	1.00	0.84 (0.71–0.99)	0.93 (0.79–1.10)	0.4
Women without multivitamin supplement use in 2003
No. of current asthmatics / no. of non asthmatics	199/10449	179/11027	228/11181
Multivariate OR (95% CI)‡	1.00	0.84 (0.68–1.05)	0.94 (0.76–1.17)	0.6

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. The reference category is based on the lowest category of intake. Diet was assessed in 1993 and current asthma in 2003.

^*Based on each intake category and modelling these as continuous variables in a logistic regression.

^†Logistic regressions adjusted for age, caloric intake, body mass index, tobacco consumption, physical activity, menopausal status, education and multivitamin supplements use.

^‡Logistic regressions adjusted for age, caloric intake, body mass index, tobacco consumption, physical activity, education and menopausal status.