Table 3 Incidence (%) of Any Food Hypersensitivity (FHS), non-milk FHS and milk FHS in relation to risk factors and adjusted risk analyzed by multiple logistic regression analyses expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)
Incidence of Any FHS | Incidence of non-milk FHS | Incidence of milk FHS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables at 8 years | Adjusted risk* | Adjusted risk* | Adjusted risk* | |||||||
(%) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | (%) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | (%) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | ||
Sex | Boys | 12.3 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | |||
Girls | 16.9 | 0.005 | 1.8 (1.3-2.5) | 10.4 | 0.012 | 1.8 (1.3-2.5) | 9.5 | 0.006 | 1.7 (1.2-2.4) | |
Allergic heredity | No | 11.0 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 1.0 | |||
Yes | 17.3 | <0.001 | 1.6 (1.2-2.1) | 10.6 | 0.001 | 1.6 (1.1-2.2) | 9.2 | 0.005 | 1.6 (1.1-2.4) | |
Current asthma | No | 14.0 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 7.5 | ||||
Yes | 23.9 | 0.010 | 1.2 (0.7-2.1) | 19.3 | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.8-2.9) | 10.2 | 0.353 | ||
Current rhinitis | No | 13.5 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 7.6 | ||||
Yes | 40.3 | <0.001 | 3.4 (1.9-5.9) | 32.8 | <0.001 | 4.0 (2.2-7.3) | 10.4 | 0.359 | ||
Any positive SPT | No | 12.9 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | ||||
Yes | 22.1 | <0.001 | 1.6 (1.1-2.3) | 16.3 | <0.001 | 2.1 (1.4-3.2) | 8.5 | 0.535 | ||
Living area | LuleÅ | 13.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | ||||||
PiteÅ | 13.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | |||||||
Kiruna | 18.2 | 0.067 | 10.3 | 0.362 | 9.7 | 0.154 | ||||