Association of Early Life Exposure to Antibiotics With Risk of Atopic Dermatitis in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Atopic dermatitis is associated with substantial morbidity in childhood. Further understanding of the underlying factors contributing to its onset is needed.

Objective

To assess the association of exposure to antibiotics in the prenatal period and early childhood with risk of atopic dermatitis in a nationwide population in Sweden.

Design, setting, and participants

This Swedish nationwide, register-based, prospective cohort study used data on mother-child pairs from the Swedish Medical Birth Register linked to other national registers for information on health, socioeconomic, and demographic data. Participants were followed up until an atopic dermatitis outcome, emigration, death, or the end of the study on December 31, 2015. Data for all singleton children

SUBMITTER: Mubanga M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8085722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature