Table 4—

Apple juice consumption and asthma symptoms

Fruit juice category	Exposure	Subjects n (%)	OR (95% CI)
			Current wheeze		Ever wheeze		Ever-asthma
			Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted	Unadjusted	Adjusted
Apple juice from concentrate	<1 serving per month^#	914 (39.0)	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1 serving per month–1 serving per week	611 (26.1)	0.86 (0.63–1.16)	0.88 (0.64–1.21)	0.83 (0.66–1.05)	0.89 (0.70–1.14)	0.79 (0.60–1.03)	0.87 (0.66–1.15)
	2–6 servings per week	443 (18.9)	0.61 (0.42–0.88)	0.64 (0.44–0.94	0.78 (0.60–1.01)	0.86 (0.66–1.14)	0.71 (0.52–0.96)	0.82 (0.60–1.12)
	>1 serving per day	377 (16.1)	0.51 (0.34–0.78)	0.53 (0.34–0.83)	0.63 (0.47–0.85)	0.74 (0.54–1.02)	0.70 (0.51–0.97)	0.90 (0.63–1.28)
	p-value for trend		0.00079	0.003	0.002	0.055	0.018	0.400
Other apple juice	<1 serving per month^#	1156 (57.8)	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1 serving per month–1 serving per week	393 (19.6)	0.84 (0.59–1.21)	0.88 (0.61–1.28)	0.82 (0.62–1.07)	0.91 (0.69–1.20)	0.79 (0.58–1.07)	0.85 (0.62–1.17)
	2–6 servings per week	254 (12.7)	0.91(0.59–1.39)	0.93 (0.60–1.44)	0.73 (0.52–1.02)	0.90 (0.63–1.28)	0.68 (0.47–1.00)	0.79 (0.53–1.17)
	>1 serving per day	198 (9.9)	0.60 (0.35–1.02)	0.64 (0.35–1.14)	0.64 (0.44–0.94)	0.90 (0.63–1.28)	0.71 (0.47–1.09)	0.95 (0.61–1.49)
	p-value for trend		0.079	0.16	0.011	0.52	0.053	0.61