Association between quintiles of cumulative average patterns and adult-onset asthma
| Quintile of intake | p for trend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintile 1:Small intake | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3:Medium intake | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5:High intake | ||
| *Multivariate RRs adjusted for age and energy intake. | ||||||
| †Multivariate RRs adjusted for age, energy intake, smoking status, pack-years and pack-years2. | ||||||
| ‡Multivariate RRs adjusted for age, energy intake, smoking status, pack-years, pack-years2, race/ethnicity, physician visits, US region, body mass index, physical activity and multivitamin use. | ||||||
| Prudent pattern | ||||||
| No of cases | 44 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 36 | |
| Person-years | 49895 | 50003 | 49606 | 48745 | 48126 | |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 1* | 1.00 | 1.37 (0.88 to 2.12) | 1.25 (0.79 to 1.96) | 1.12 (0.70 to 1.79) | 1.06 (0.64 to 1.73) | 0.80 |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 2† | 1.00 | 1.29 (0.83 to 2.01) | 1.14 (0.72 to 1.79) | 1.00 (0.62 to 1.61) | 0.93 (0.56 to 1.54) | 0.42 |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 3‡ | 1.00 | 1.29 (0.83 to 2.00) | 1.13 (0.72 to 1.79) | 0.99 (0.61 to 1.59) | 0.91 (0.55 to 1.51) | 0.37 |
| Western pattern | ||||||
| No of cases | 30 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 44 | |
| Person-years | 48864 | 49358 | 49639 | 49480 | 49034 | |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 1* | 1.00 | 1.07 (0.67 to 1.72) | 1.44 (0.90 to 2.28) | 1.11 (0.67 to 1.85) | 1.24 (0.71 to 2.14) | 0.49 |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 2† | 1.00 | 1.07 (0.67 to 1.72) | 1.45 (0.91 to 2.31) | 1.13 (0.68 to 1.89) | 1.29 (0.74 to 2.25) | 0.40 |
| RR (95% CI): adjustment 3‡ | 1.00 | 1.06 (0.66 to 1.71) | 1.45 (0.91 to 2.31) | 1.12 (0.67 to 1.88) | 1.28 (0.72 to 2.25) | 0.43 |