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Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted conditional logistic regression analyses assessing the association between antibiotic drug classification and food allergy diagnosis

From: Antibiotic prescription and food allergy in young children

Antibiotic Classification

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p value

Odds ratio

95 % CI

p value

Cephalosporins

1.62

1.40–1.88

<0.001

1.50

1.27–1.77

<0.001

Macrolides

1.34

1.14–1.57

<0.001

1.36

1.13–1.63

0.001

Penicillins

1.21

1.07–1.36

<0.01

1.19

1.04–1.36

0.01

Sulfonamides

1.61

1.29–2.02

<0.001

1.54

1.19–2.01

<0.01

  1. Antibiotics categorized according to American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) classification
  2. aAdjusted for vaginal birth, breastfeeding, gestational age, asthma, eczema, wheeze, tobacco pre- and during pregnancy, maternal age, pre-pregnancy diabetes, and urban residence
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

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