Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006⁻2011).
Author | El-Heneidy, Asmaa |
Author | Abdel-Rahman, Manar E |
Author | Mihala, Gabor |
Author | Ross, Lynda J |
Author | Comans, Tracy A |
Available date | 2018-12-06T05:03:53Z |
Publication Date | 2018-11-01 |
Publication Name | Nutrients |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10111798 |
Citation | El-Heneidy, A., Abdel-Rahman, M., Mihala, G., Ross, L., & Comans, T. (2018). Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011). Nutrients, 10(11), 1798. |
ISSN | 2072-6643 |
Identifier | Article Number- 1798 |
Abstract | Prevalence of asthma in Australian children is amongst the highest in the world. Although breastfeeding positively influences infant immunity, early introduction of Milk Other than Breast Milk (MOTBM) may also play an important role in the development of Asthma. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months after birth and the development of reported persistent asthma in 3-year olds. A sample of 1121 children was extracted from the Environments for Healthy Living longitudinal birth cohort study. Introduction of MOTBM during the first six months after birth increased almost two-fold the risk of development of persistent asthma after adjusting for other covariates (Adjusted Relative Risk (ARR): 1.71, 95% CI: 1.03⁻2.83, = 0.038). This study indicates that the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months of life is a risk factor for asthma incidence among 3-year old children. This result is important in explaining the benefits of breastfeeding as part of public health interventions to encourage mothers to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration, and avoid the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months after childbirth. |
Sponsor | Funding: Funding for this study was provided in part through a grant from Population and Social Health Research Program (PSHRP). The research reported in this publication is part of the Griffith Study of Population Health: Environments for Healthy Living (EFHL) (Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12610000931077). Core funding to support EFHL is provided by Griffith University. The EFHL project was conceived by Rod McClure, Cate Cameron, Judy Searle, and Ronan Lyons. The publication of this article was funded by the Qatar National Library |
Language | en |
Publisher | MDPI |
Subject | asthma breastfeeding milk other than breast milk |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 1-13 |
Issue Number | 11 |
Volume Number | 10 |
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