Prenatal and Early Life Fructose, Fructose-Containing Beverages, and Midchildhood Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Cross-sectional studies have linked intake of high-fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverages with asthma in schoolchildren.

Objectives

To examine associations of maternal prenatal and early childhood intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and fructose with current asthma in midchildhood (median age, 7.7 yr).

Methods

We assessed maternal pregnancy (first- and second-trimester average) and child (median age, 3.3 yr) intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and total fructose using food frequency questionnaires in 1,068 mother-child pairs from Project Viva, a prospective prebirth cohort. In a multivariable analysis, we examined associations of quartiles of maternal and child sugar-sweetened beverage, juice, and total fructose intake with child current asthma in midchildh

SUBMITTER: Wright LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5802621 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature