Table 4 Relation between dietary patterns in pregnancy and early wheezing phenotypes in the offspring (n = 8886)

	Unadjusted	p Value	Adjusted*	p Value
	OR† (95% CI)	p Value	OR† (95% CI)	p Value
Transient infant wheeze
Health conscious	0.88 (0.83 to 0.94)	<0.001	0.98 (0.90 to 1.06)	0.57
Traditional	0.94 (0.88 to 1.01)	0.076	0.95 (0.89 to 1.02)	0.16
Processed	1.12 (1.05 to 1.20)	<0.001	0.99 (0.91 to 1.08)	0.87
Confectionery	1.02 (0.96 to 1.09)	0.50	1.03 (0.95 to 1.10)	0.51
Vegetarian	1.00 (0.94 to 1.07)	0.93	1.00 (0.94 to 1.06)	0.91

Later onset wheeze
Health conscious	0.94 (0.87 to 1.02)	0.13	0.93 (0.84 to 1.03)	0.19
Traditional	1.00 (0.93 to 1.09)	0.92	1.00 (0.92 to 1.09)	0.95
Processed	1.10 (1.01 to 1.20)	0.03	1.03 (0.93 to 1.13)	0.61
Confectionery	1.00 (0.93 to 1.08)	0.99	0.96 (0.87 to 1.06)	0.41
Vegetarian	0.94 (0.87 to 1.02)	0.16	0.92 (0.85 to 1.00)	0.06

Persistent wheeze
Health conscious	0.78 (0.70 to 0.87)	7.3×10⁻⁶	1.00 (0.86 to 1.16)	0.99
Traditional	0.95 (0.85 to 1.06)	0.36	0.96 (0.86 to 1.08)	0.51
Processed	1.27 (1.15 to 1.40)	4.3×10⁻⁶	1.00 (0.88 to 1.13)	0.98
Confectionery	1.02 (0.91 to 1.14)	0.75	1.02 (0.90 to 1.16)	0.72
Vegetarian	1.07 (0.98 to 1.17)	0.14	1.06 (0.96 to 1.16)	0.27

*Controlling for energy intake, maximum smoked, infections, antibiotics and paracetamol use during pregnancy; maternal educational level, housing tenure, financial difficulties, pre-pregnancy body mass index, ethnicity, age, parity, history of asthma, eczema, rhinoconjunctivitis, migraine; sex of child, gestational age, breast fed in first 6 months, day care at 8 months, multiple pregnancy, pets in infancy, damp/condensation/mould, child exposed to environmental tobacco smoke at weekends, season of birth, season of food frequency questionnaire completion, birth weight, head circumference, birth length.
†Per standard deviation of dietary pattern score.
Reference outcome = non-wheezers.