Infants fed formula with added long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids have reduced incidence of respiratory illnesses and diarrhea during the first year of life

Table 3 OR of having increased number of episodes of common illnesses in the DHA/ARA group compared to control

		OR	95% CI	P -value
Respiratory illness	Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis^a	0.36	(0.22, 0.59)	0.001
Respiratory illness	Croup	0.23	(0.05, 0.97)	0.045
Symptoms of respiratory illness	Nasal Congestion	0.45	(0.29, 0.69)	0.001
Symptoms of respiratory illness	Cough	0.47	(0.30, 0.74)	0.001
Other illnesses	Otitis Media	0.62	(0.36, 1.07)	0.084
	Eczema	0.57	(0.33, 0.98)	0.043
	Diarrhea	0.50	(0.27, 0.90)	0.021

OR obtained from ordinal model analysis; ^aBronchitis/Bronchiolitis was adjusted for the covariates early daycare exposure and mother’s educational level; no other covariates reached significance for any other illnesses; statistical significance at P < 0.05.

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