Short-term skin problems in infants aged 0–3 months affect food allergies or atopic dermatitis until 2 years of age, among infants of the general population

Table 5 Risk factors significantly associated with food allergy (n = 153)

	COR	95% CI	p-value	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Family history of AD	4.12	1.62–10.47	0.003	4.59	1.66–12.72	0.003
Had short-term severe body skin problems (4–7 days) in the first 3 months of life^†	13.20	1.14–152.37	0.039	27.55	1.92–395.47	0.015
Had long-term severe body skin problems (more than 7 days) in the first 3 months of life^†	6.84	1.29–36.39	0.024	8.36	1.20–58.23	0.032
Complementary food started after 6 months of age	2.96	1.03–8.51	0.044	3.79	1.16–12.46	0.028

COR crude odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, AOR adjusted odds ratio (adjusted for 4 variables in this table)
^†Assessed using logistic regression analysis (food allergy, n = 22; no food allergy, n = 131); n = 2 were missing information about when the infant began to eat complementary food

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