Probiotic milk consumption in pregnancy and infancy and subsequent childhood allergic diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether probiotics, which can influence the microbiome, prevent infant eczema or allergic disease remains an open question. Most studies have focused on high-risk infants.

Objectives

We sought to assess whether consumption of probiotic milk products protects against atopic eczema, rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma in early childhood in a large population-based pregnancy cohort (the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort study).

Methods

We examined associations between consumption of probiotic milk products in pregnancy and infancy with questionnaire-reported atopic eczema, rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma in 40,614 children. Relative risks (RRs) were calculated by using general linear models adjusted for potential confounders.

Results

Consumption of probioti

SUBMITTER: Bertelsen RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3912862 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature