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Dietary patterns and asthma in the E3N study.

R Varraso¹, F Kauffmann, B Leynaert

¹INSERM, U780, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Villejuif, France.

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Dietary patterns may influence asthma severity. A Western diet was linked to more frequent asthma attacks, while a nuts and wine pattern showed a protective effect in French women.

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Area of Science:

Nutrition Science
Epidemiology
Respiratory Medicine

Background:

Dietary habits are increasingly recognized as potential modulators of chronic inflammatory conditions.
Asthma, a prevalent respiratory disease, may be influenced by lifestyle factors, including diet.
Understanding diet-asthma associations can inform public health strategies for asthma management.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify distinct dietary patterns within a large cohort of French women.
To investigate the association between these dietary patterns and asthma incidence, current asthma, and frequent asthma exacerbations.
To explore the role of diet in asthma severity.

Main Methods:

Utilized data from the E3N study, a large prospective cohort of French women.
Employed principal component analysis to identify dietary patterns: 'prudent', 'Western', and 'nuts and wine'.
Compared asthma outcomes (incidence, current, frequent attacks) across tertiles of dietary pattern scores after adjusting for confounders.

Main Results:

No significant associations were found between dietary patterns and asthma incidence, ever-asthma, or current asthma.
The 'Western' dietary pattern was associated with an increased risk of frequent asthma attacks (OR 1.79).
The 'nuts and wine' dietary pattern was associated with a decreased risk of frequent asthma attacks (OR 0.65).

Conclusions:

Dietary patterns may play a role in the frequency of asthma exacerbations, a marker of asthma severity.
Specific dietary components, like those in Western and 'nuts and wine' patterns, could influence asthma symptom frequency.
Further research into diet's impact on asthma exacerbations is warranted.