Infant Feeding Practices and Nut Allergy over Time in Australian School Entrant Children

Table 1

Odds ratios for reported nut allergy and infant feeding practices of kindergarten children in the Health Check Questionnaire 2006–2009.

Infant feeding practice in the first 6 months	Reported nut allergy^*			Odds ratio (95% CI)^#	P value
	Yes		No
Breast feeding only (n = 4647)	232	(5.0%)	4415	1.43 (1.21–1.69)	0.000
Other food/fluid only (n = 1312)	35	(2.7%)	1277	0.63 (0.45–0.89)	0.009
Breast feeding + other food/fluid (n = 8368)	311	(3.7%)	8057	0.83 (0.70–0.98)	0.025
Unknown (n = 138)	4	(2.9%)	134

^*Parental response to the question: “Has your child ever had a strong allergic reaction to peanuts/peanut products, and/or other nuts/nut products?”
^#Adjusted for age and sex where appropriate. Children with invalid data on the nut allergy and feeding practice questions were excluded from comparative analyses.