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Table 4 Remission (%) 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)

From: High incidence and remission of reported food hypersensitivity in Swedish children followed from 8 to 12 years of age – a population based cohort study

 

Remission of any FHS

Remission of non-milk FHS

Remission 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)

Female sex

Boys

32.7

  

31.8

  

48.2

  
 

Girls

32.8

0.994

 

36.4

0.348

 

43.4

0.488

 

Allergic heredity

No

39.8

 

1.0

45.1

 

1.0

46.7

  
 

Yes

30.2

0.042

0.8 (0.5-1.1)

30.9

0.013

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

44.8

0.806

 

Current asthma

No

34.6

 

1.0

37.2

 

1.0

46.2

  
 

Yes

18.6

0.014

0.5 (0.3-1.0)

17.9

0.005

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

33.3

0.333

 

Current rhinitis

No

34.5

 

1.0

37.2

 

1.0

44.4

  
 

Yes

23.1

0.048

0.8 (0.4-1.4)

22.7

0.018

0.8 (0.4-1.4)

55.6

0.362

 

Any positive SPT

No

37.9

 

1.0

45.0

 

1.0

42.7

  
 

Yes

22.4

0.001

0.5 (0.3-0.9)

22.9

<0.001

0.6 (0.3-1.0)

40.4

0.792

 

Current eczema

No

34.5

  

37.7

 

1.0

43.9

  
 

Yes

27.2

0.128

 

25.5

0.024

0.8 (0.5-1.4)

51.2

0.390

 

Living area

LuleÅ

33.9

  

36.5

  

46.7

 

1.0

 

PiteÅ

35.9

  

33.7

  

56.0

 

1.6 (0.8-3.1)

 

Kiruna

25.5

0.219

 

29.3

0.278

 

18.5

0.006

0.2 (0.1-0.5)

  1. *Significant variables in the bivariate analyses were included in the multivariate model.