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. 2016 Nov 15;11(11):e0166347. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166347

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
  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