Table 5 Binary logistic regression analysis: odds of women ever having been diagnosed with asthma or asthma/hayfever by dietary factor in the 45 and up study sample, new south wales, Australia, 2006-2009

Fruits/vegetables

 1^st quintile (reference)

59.29

39

26.72

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2^nd quintile

59.51

35

26.57

0.99 (0.92 to 1.06)

0.99 (0.92 to 1.06)

1.05 (1.00 to 1.10)

1.03 (0.98 to 1.08)

 3^rd quintile

60.42

34

26.68

1.00 (0.94 to 1.07)

1.00 (0.93 to 1.07)

1.08 (1.03 to 1.13) *

1.05 (1.00 to 1.10)

 4^th quintile

61.14

34

26.76

1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)

1.04 (0.98 to 1.12)

1.11 (1.05 to 1.16) *

1.09 (1.03 to 1.14) *

 5^th quintile

61.82

34

26.81

1.04 (0.97 to 1.11)

1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)

1.07 (1.02 to 1.12) *

1.07 (1.02 to 1.12) *

p value for trend

–

–

–

0.384

0.259

0.001

0.011

Meats

 1^st quintile (reference)

60.25

37

25.53

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2^nd quintile

60.48

36

26.46

1.01 (0.94 to 1.08)

0.99 (0.92 to 1.06)

1.05 (1.00 to 1.11) *

1.05 (1.00 to 1.11) *

 3^rd quintile

60.31

35

26.86

1.07 (1.00 to 1.14)

1.03 (0.96 to 1.10)

1.14 (1.08 to 1.19) *

1.13 (1.07 to 1.18) *

 4^th quintile

60.37

35

27.18

1.10 (1.03 to 1.17) *

1.04 (0.97 to 1.12)

1.19 (1.13 to 1.25) *

1.17 (1.12 to 1.23) *

 5^th quintile

60.77

35

27.55

1.12 (1.05 to 1.19) *

1.06 (0.99 to 1.13)

1.26 (1.20 to 1.32) *

1.25 (1.19 to 1.31) *

p value for trend

–

–

–

0.002

0.253

< 0.001

< 0.0001

Poultry/seafood

 1^st quintile (reference)

61.49

36

26.31

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2^nd quintile

60.32

35

26.52

0.97 (0.91 to 1.04)

0.96 (0.90 to 1.03)

1.01 (0.96 to 1.06)

0.99 (0.94 to 1.04)

 3^rd quintile

60.34

35

26.63

0.99 (0.93 to 1.06)

0.97 (0.91 to 1.04)

1.01 (0.96 to 1.06)

0.99 (0.94 to 1.04)

 4^th quintile

60.11

35

26.82

0.99 (0.92 to 1.06)

0.96 (0.90 to 1.02)

1.04 (0.99 to 1.09)

1.01 (0.96 to 1.06)

 5^th quintile

59.92

36

27.27

1.12 (1.05 to 1.19) *

1.06 (1.00 to 1.14)

1.12 (1.06 to 1.17) *

1.06 (1.01 to 1.12) *

p value for trend

–

–

–

< 0.001

0.011

0.0001

0.016

Cereal/alcohol

 1^st quintile (reference)

57.64

53

26.34

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2^nd quintile

58.76

39

26.84

0.98 (0.92 to 1.05)

0.99 (0.93 to 1.06)

0.99 (0.95 to 1.04)

1.00 (0.95 to 1.04)

 3^rd quintile

59.72

33

26.77

0.93 (0.87 to 0.99) *

0.95 (0.89 to 1.02)

0.97 (0.93 to 1.02)

0.98 (0.93 to 1.03)

 4^th quintile

61.59

29

26.77

0.97 (0.90 to 1.03)

1.00 (0.94 to 1.07)

1.01 (0.96 to 1.06)

1.03 (0.98 to 1.08)

 5^th quintile

64.47

23

26.85

0.99 (0.93 to 1.06)

1.05 (0.98 to 1.12)

1.02 (0.98 to 1.07)

1.07 (1.02 to 1.13) *

p value for trend

–

–

–

0.199

0.104

0.346

0.005

Cheese/brown bread

 1^st quintile (reference)

58.24

35

27.02

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2^nd quintile

59.29

36

26.84

0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) *

0.92 (0.86 to 0.98) *

0.94 (0.90 to 0.99) *

0.94 (0.90 to 0.99) *

 3^rd quintile

60.37

35

26.78

0.87 (0.82 to 0.93) *

0.88 (0.83 to 0.94) *

0.95 (0.90 to 0.99) *

0.95 (0.90 to 1.00) *

 4^th quintile

61.43

35

26.54

0.88 (0.82 to 0.94) *

0.89 (0.84 to 0.96) *

0.95 (0.91 to 1.00) *

0.96 (0.92 to 1.01)

 5^th quintile

62.84

36

26.39

0.86 (0.80 to 0.91) *

0.88 (0.82 to 0.94) *

0.95 (0.90 to 0.99) *

0.97 (0.92 to 1.02)

p value for trend

–

–

–

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.090

0.136