PMC:4137988 / 14866-15674 JSONTXT

{"project":"2_test","denotations":[{"id":"25143747-23578354-55576525","span":{"begin":97,"end":99},"obj":"23578354"}],"text":"Eight of these studies (shown in the footnote to Table 2) were included in a recent meta-analysis14 to investigate whether the Mediterranean diet has a protective effect on ever asthma and current wheeze and whether these relationships were specific to the Mediterranean regions. The meta-analytic results showed adherence to the Mediterranean diet was negatively associated with current wheeze (OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.66–0.94; P=0.009) and current severe wheeze (OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.48–0.90; P=0.008) in Mediterranean regions, and with ever asthma (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.75–0.98; P=0.027) in non-Mediterranean regions. When considering all regions together, the authors concluded adherence to the Mediterranean diet tended to have a protective effect on current wheeze and ever asthma but not on current severe wheeze."}