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Table 3 Association between multivitamins consumption and childhood asthma

From: Multivitamin consumption and childhood asthma: a cross-sectional study of the NHANES database

Variables

Crude model

Adjusted modela

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Vitamin A

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.945

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.352

Vitamin C

1.01 (1.01-1.01)

0.029

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.134

Vitamin D

0.99 (0.97-1.01)

0.243

0.98 (0.96-1.00)

0.070

Vitamin E

1.00 (0.99-1.01)

0.836

0.99 (0.98-1.00)

0.107

Vitamin B1

1.10 (0.96-1.25)

0.153

0.95 (0.78-1.17)

0.634

Vitamin B2

1.02 (0.93-1.13)

0.604

0.90 (0.79-1.02)

0.090

Niacin

1.01 (1.01-1.02)

0.022

1.00 (0.99-1.02)

0.536

Vitamin B6

1.05 (0.96-1.16)

0.279

0.99 (0.88-1.12)

0.932

Vitamin B12

0.99 (0.97-1.02)

0.579

0.98 (0.95-1.00)

0.081

Folic acid

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.086

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.412

Choline

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.533

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.440

Vitamin K

1.00 (1.00-1.00)

0.488

0.99 (0.99-0.99)

0.028

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. aAdjusted for age, race, family history of asthma, pregnant smoking, BMI Z-score, energy intake, breast feeding, and low birth weight
  3. The explanation on the association between multivitamins consumption and childhood asthma should be that for each 1-unit increase in each multivitamin intake, the odds of childhood asthma increased/decreased the OR value
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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