Association between maternal vegetable intake during pregnancy and allergy in offspring: Japan Environment and Children's Study.

ABSTRACT: The association between maternal diet during pregnancy and allergy in offspring remains contentious. Here, we examined the association between maternal intake of vegetables and related nutrients during pregnancy and allergic diseases in offspring at one year of age. A cohort of 80,270 pregnant women enrolled in the Japan Environment and Children's Study were asked to respond to a food frequency questionnaire during pregnancy and the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire at one year postpartum. The women were categorized into quintiles according to the energy-adjusted maternal intake of vegetables and related nutrients. Using the categorizations as exposure variables, the adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were determined for the

SUBMITTER: Ogawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842951 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature