Infantile allergic diseases: a cohort study prenatal fish intake and mercury exposure context.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allergic diseases (ADs) have been increasingly reported in infants and children over the last decade. Diet, especially the inclusion of fish intake, may help to lower the risk of ADs. However, fish also, can bioaccumulate environmental contaminants such as mercury. Hence, our study aims to determine what effects the type and frequency of fish intake have on ADs in six-month-old infants, independently and jointly with mercury exposure.

Methods

This study is part of the prospective birth cohort: Mothers and Children's Environmental Health (MOCEH) study in South Korea. Data was collected on prenatal fish intake, prenatal mercury concentration and ADs for infants aged six months for 590 eligible mother-infant pairs. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to evalua

SUBMITTER: Shah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885545 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature