Diversity of complementary diet and early food allergy risk.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diet diversity (DD) in infancy may be protective for early food allergy (FA) but there is limited knowledge about how DD incorporating consumption frequency influences FA risk.

Methods

Three measures of DD were investigated in 2060 infants at 6 and/or at 9 months of age within the NorthPop Birth Cohort Study: a weighted DD score based on intake frequency, the number of introduced foods, and the number of introduced allergenic foods. In multivariable logistic regression models based on directed acyclic graphs, associations to parentally reported physician-diagnosed FA at age 9 and 18 months were estimated, including sensitivity and stratified analyses.

Results

High weighted DD scores (24-31p) at age 9 months were associated with 61% decreased odds of FA at

SUBMITTER: Boden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771557 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature