Saliva contact during infancy and allergy development in school-age children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent-child saliva contact during infancy might stimulate the child's immune system for effective allergy prevention. However, few studies have investigated its relation to allergy development in school-age children.

Objective

We sought to investigate the relationship between parent-child saliva contact during infancy and allergy development at school age.

Methods

We performed a large multicenter cross-sectional study involving Japanese school children and their parents. The self-administered questionnaires including questions from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood were distributed to 3570 elementary and junior high school children in 2 local cities. Data were analyzed for the relationship between saliva contact during infancy (a

SUBMITTER: Kubo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature