Research Article
Early Infant Feeding Practices as Possible Risk Factors for Immunoglobulin E-Mediated Food Allergies in Kuwait
Table 3
Comparison of early feeding practices and exposures between FA cases and controls in the total sample and within age categories.
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Values are presented as number, , and percent (%). Each subscript letter denotes a subset of FA cases versus controls characteristics categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at 0.05 level; % characteristics categories compared between FA cases and controls. Chi-square () statistics are as follows: for the ever breastfed [total], = 12.87 (1), ; [<2-year age category], (1), ; [2–5-year age category], = 7.02 (1), ; breastfeeding duration [total], = 6.37 (1), ; supplemented with formula [total], = 8.97 (1), ; [2–5-year age category], = 4.39 (1), ; introduction of complementary feeding [total], = 8.05 (1), ; [2–5-year age category], = 4.89 (1), ; antibiotic exposure [total], = 10.32 (1), , [2–5-year age category], = 4.021 (1), ; [5–13-year age category], = 7.07 (1), ; vitamin D deficient or insufficient [total], = 16.26 (1), ; [<2-year age category], = 7.75 (1), ; [2–5-year age category], = 7.14 (1), . |