Food consumption and risk of childhood asthmaShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)In: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, ISSN 0905-6157, E-ISSN 1399-3038, Vol. 26, no 8, p. 789-796Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
BackgroundThe consumption of foods rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids has been proposed to protect against childhood asthma. This study explores the association of food consumption (including cow's milk (CM)-free diet) in early life and the risk of atopic and non-atopic asthma. MethodsFood intake of 182 children with asthma and 728 matched controls was measured using 3-day food records, within the Finnish Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention (DIPP) Nutrition Study cohort. The diagnoses of food allergies came both from the written questionnaire and from the registers of the Social Insurance Institution. Conditional logistic regression with generalized estimating equations framework was used in the analyses. ResultsThe diagnosis of cow's milk allergy (CMA) led to multiple dietary restrictions still evident at 4yr of age. Even after adjusting for CMA, higher consumption of CM products was inversely associated with the risk of atopic asthma and higher consumption of breast milk and oats inversely with the risk of non-atopic asthma. Early consumption of fish was associated with a decreased risk of all asthma. ConclusionsDietary intake in early life combined with atopy history has a clear impact on the risk of developing asthma. Our results indicate that CM restriction due to CMA significantly increases and mediates the association between food consumption and childhood asthma risk.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2015. Vol. 26, no 8, p. 789-796
Keywords [en]
asthma, atopy, cow's milk allergy, diet
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-55569DOI: 10.1111/pai.12352ISI: 000367721700014PubMedID: 25693000Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84983113497OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-55569DiVA, id: diva2:1585300
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