Table 4 Association of maternal adherence to a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy with wheeze and atopy in Menorcan children at age 6.5 years
Maternal high Med Diet Score
OR (95% CI)OR‡ (95% CI)
Persistent wheeze at 6.5 years* (n = 37)0.23 (0.09–0.60)0.22 (0.08–0.58)
Atopic wheeze at 6.5 years† (n = 20)0.34 (0.12–0.97)0.30 (0.10–0.90)
Atopy† (n = 70)0.55 (0.32–0.97)0.55 (0.31–0.97)

  • All models were adjusted for gender, maternal and paternal asthma, maternal social class and education, body mass index and total energy intake at age 6.5 years.

  • The reference group included those children whose mothers had a low level of adherence to a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy.

  • Also adjusted for: *firstborn and lower respiratory track infections at age 1; †birth weight and maternal atopy.

  • ‡OR, children’s adherence to a Mediterranean diet also included in the model.