Table 2. Risk factors in relation to symptoms of food-related symptoms (FRS) and food allergy (FA) at 16 years amongst children with symptoms of early life FRS or FA, respectively, adjusted analyses*.
A. Risk factors for FRS or FA at 16 years amongst children with early life FRS | B. Risk factors for FA at 16 years amongst children with early life FA | |||||||
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n | N | OR | 95%CI | n | N | OR | 95%CI | |
Baseline characteristics | ||||||||
Sex† | ||||||||
Female | 59 | 162 | 1.00 | 48 | 72 | 1.00 | ||
Male | 52 | 147 | 0.99 | 0.62–1.60 | 80 | 100 | 2.13 | 1.05–4.31 |
Parental migration status | ||||||||
Swedish-born | 86 | 236 | 1.00 | 92 | 127 | 1.00 | ||
Non-Swedish-born | 24 | 67 | 1.08 | 0.61–1.94 | 35 | 44 | 1.89 | 0.80–4.50 |
Socio-economic status | ||||||||
Blue collar workers | 13 | 44 | 1.00 | 24 | 31 | 1.00 | ||
White collar workers | 98 | 265 | 1.38 | 0.68–2.79 | 104 | 141 | 0.97 | 0.37–2.53 |
Parental allergy‡ | ||||||||
No | 66 | 217 | 1.00 | 63 | 93 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 45 | 92 | 2.18 | 1.32–3.61 | 65 | 79 | 2.33 | 1.11–4.90 |
Tobacco smoking in pregnancy | ||||||||
No | 95 | 268 | 1.00 | 120 | 159 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 16 | 41 | 1.23 | 0.61–2.47 | 8 | 13 | 0.45 | 0.13–1.52 |
Infant feeding | ||||||||
Exclusive breastfeeding | ||||||||
< 4 months | 22 | 66 | 1.00 | 21 | 28 | 1.00 | ||
≥ 4 months | 89 | 243 | 1.08 | 0.60–1.93 | 107 | 144 | 0.80 | 0.30–2.11 |
Early life allergic mulitmorbidity (to 4 years) | ||||||||
Asthma | ||||||||
No | 92 | 259 | 1.00 | 89 | 126 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 18 | 48 | 0.97 | 0.50–1.87 | 37 | 44 | 1.82 | 0.72–4.59 |
Eczema | ||||||||
No | 44 | 158 | 1.00 | 31 | 48 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 67 | 149 | 2.15 | 1.32–2.48 | 97 | 124 | 1.81 | 0.85–3.86 |
Rhinitis | ||||||||
No | 76 | 237 | 1.00 | 65 | 97 | 1.00 | ||
Yes | 34 | 67 | 2.23 | 1.26–3.96 | 61 | 72 | 2.30 | 1.02–5.22 |
At least one of the above | ||||||||
None | 30 | 114 | 1.00 | 22 | 35 | 1.00 | ||
At least one | 79 | 184 | 2.03 | 1.20–3.41 | 102 | 132 | 1.79 | 0.78–4.09 |
*Adjusted for sex, parental allergy and socio-economic status
†Adjusted only for parental allergy and socio-economic status
‡Adjusted only for sex and socio-economic status
Bold text denotes statistically significant results