Birth mode is associated with development of atopic dermatitis in infancy and early childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Birth by caesarean section (CS) is associated with development of allergic diseases, but its role in the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) is less convincing.

Objective

Our primary aim was to determine if birth mode was associated with AD in 3-year-olds and secondarily to determine if birth mode was associated with early onset and/or persistent AD in the first 3 years of life.

Methods

We included 2129 mother-child pairs from the Scandinavian population-based prospective PreventADALL cohort with information on birth mode including vaginal birth, either traditional (81.3%) or in water (4.0%), and CS before (6.3%) and after (8.5%) onset of labor. We defined early onset AD as eczema at 3 months and AD diagnosis by 3 years of age. Persistent AD was defined a

SUBMITTER: Hoel ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509990 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature