TABLE 5.
Associations between maternal free sugar intake in pregnancy and number of positive skin prick tests (SPTs)#
| Free sugar | 1 positive SPT¶ | ≥2 positive SPTs+ | ||
| Adjusted OR§ (95% CI) | p-trend | Adjusted OR§ (95% CI) | p-trend | |
| Quintile 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Quintile 2 | 0.87 (0.68–1.12) | 1.17 (0.87–1.57) | ||
| Quintile 3 | 1.07 (0.83–1.37) | 1.14 (0.84–1.56) | ||
| Quintile 4 | 1.09 (0.83–1.43) | 1.37 (0.99–1.90) | ||
| Quintile 5 | 1.19 (0.86–1.63) | 1.73 (1.18–2.52) | ||
| Per quintile | 1.06 (0.98–1.14) | 0.12 | 1.13 (1.03–1.23) | 0.006 |
#: no positive SPT was considered as baseline category (n=4797); ¶: n=783; +: n=531; §: controlling for energy intake, smoking, infections, supplements, antibiotics and paracetamol use during pregnancy; maternal educational level, housing tenure, financial difficulties, ethnicity, age, parity, history of atopic diseases, anxiety, sex of child, season of birth, multiple pregnancy and breastfeeding duration.