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. 2022 Aug 6;22:1504. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13805-6

Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for risk of 3-year-old children sleeping less than 10 h per night according to quartile of maternal fermented food intake during pregnancy (n = 64,200)

Quartile of fermented food intake p-value
1 (low) 2 3 4 (high) for trend
Median intake of miso, g/day 10.0 32.1 88.4 225.0
 Total, n 16,401 13,720 17,988 16,091
 Cases, n 1,238 943 1,279 1,219
 Crude odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 0.90 (0.83–0.99) 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 1.00 (0.93–1.09) 0.809
 Adjusted odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 0.91 (0.84–1.00) 0.95 (0.87–1.03) 1.00 (0.92–1.09) 0.863
Median intake of yogurt, g/day 8.0 25.7 60.0 120.0
 Total, n 16,933 14,471 14,210 18,586
 Cases, n 1,236 1,064 1,042 1,337
 Crude odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 1.01 (0.93–1.10) 1.01 (0.92–1.10) 0.98 (0.91–1.07) 0.689
 Adjusted odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 1.04 (0.95–1.13) 1.04 (0.95–1.14) 1.02 (0.94–1.11) 0.674
Median intake of cheese, g/day 0.0 1.3 4.3 10.0
 Total, n 15,404 16,357 16,912 15,527
 Cases, n 1,190 1,231 1,212 1,046
 Crude odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 0.97 (0.90–1.06) 0.92 (0.85–1.00) 0.86 (0.79–0.94) <0.001
 Adjusted odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.93 (0.85–1.01) 0.85 (0.78–0.94) <0.001
Median intake of natto, g/day 0.0 3.3 10.7 25.0
 Total, n 11,477 15,293 22,114 15,316
 Cases, n 869 1,151 1,557 1,102
 Crude odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 0.99 (0.91–1.09) 0.93 (0.85–1.01) 0.95 (0.86–1.04) 0.089
 Adjusted odds ratio 1.00 (Ref.) 1.00 (0.91–1.10) 0.93 (0.86–1.02) 0.95 (0.86–1.05) 0.133

Adjusted for energy intake, maternal age during pregnancy, previous childbirth, body mass index (BMI) at 1 month after childbirth, maternal education level, annual household income, marital status at 6 months after childbirth, alcohol intake at 1 month after childbirth, smoking status at 1 month after childbirth, employment status at 1 year after childbirth, sex of the child, attendance at nursery (at 1 year of age), the location where the child slept at night (at 1 year of age), birth weight, gestational age, eating dairy products at 3 years of age, presence of any disease (up to 3 years of age), and date (month) of birth