Consumption frequencies† for different foods and prevalences of asthma and wheeze in children with daily consumption of these foods (weekly consumption in the case of fish) compared with all other children
| Foods | Consumption frequency | “Ever asthma” (%) | Recent asthma (%) | Recent wheeze (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rarely (%) | Regularly (%) | Daily (%) | Daily users | Others | Daily users | Others | Daily users | Others | |
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, difference in asthma or wheeze prevalence between daily users and others. | |||||||||
| †Consumption frequency: rarely=less than once a week; regularly=1–5 days per week; daily=6 or 7 days per week. | |||||||||
| Full cream milk | 61.8 | 6.1 | 32.1 | 4.6** | 7.5 | 3.4* | 5.6 | 13.0 | 15.7 |
| Semi-skim milk | 35.8 | 11.5 | 52.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 15.4 | 14.3 |
| Milk products | 2.5 | 22.4 | 75.1 | 6.0* | 8.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 13.7** | 18.4 |
| White bread | 79.4 | 16.5 | 4.2 | 11.3* | 6.3 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 18.4 | 14.7 |
| Brown bread | 3.7 | 12.6 | 83.8 | 5.9** | 9.8 | 4.4* | 7.2 | 14.6 | 16.2 |
| Butter | 87.7 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 3.0* | 6.8 | 1.5* | 5.1 | 7.7** | 15.4 |
| Margarine | 19.8 | 15.0 | 65.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
| Cheese | 34.3 | 50.5 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 15.2 | 14.8 |
| Fresh fruit | 3.8 | 29.8 | 66.4 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
| Fruit juice | 20.3 | 40.0 | 39.6 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 14.6 | 15.0 |
| Vegetables | 2.8 | 40.7 | 56.5 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
| Meat | 3.8 | 38.6 | 57.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
| Fish | 76.9 | 22.7 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 16.4 | 14.4 |