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Table 5 Stratified associations between sum of high-EFF beverage consumption and presence of allergic sensitization in the general US adults by age

From: High excess-free-fructose beverage consumption is not associated with prevalent allergy in US adults: a population-based analysis of NHANES 2005–2006

Frequency

Adjusted OR (95% CI)a

20–39 years

40–59 years

 ≥ 60 years

n = 785b

p Value

n = 611b

p Value

n = 600b

p Value

Low

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

Medium

0.92 (0.39–2.18)

0.834

1.23 (0.41–3.70)

0.701

0.72 (0.37–1.37)

0.290

High

1.21 (0.65–2.25)

0.523

1.59 (0.88–2.88)

0.116

0.57 (0.32–1.01)

0.053

  1. EFF excess free fructose, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ref reference, US United States
  2. aAdjusted for variables with a p < 0.05 in Table 1 (except for stratified covariates), including gender, race, poverty income ratio, smoking, hyperlipidemia, with asthma history, and with current asthma
  3. bExcluding subjects with missing information on covariates