Adverse pregnancy outcomes and risk of later allergic rhinitis—Nationwide Swedish cohort study
- 14 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 31 (5), 471-479
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.13230
Abstract
Background Perinatal conditions may be associated with future allergic disease; however, data are conflicting and incomplete for childhood allergic rhinitis (AR). The aim of this study was to examine pregnancy outcome (caesarean delivery, preterm birth, low birth weight) and offspring AR as defined by national registers. Methods Nationwide longitudinal cohort study using prospectively recorded register data from 1,059,600 singleton livebirths born in Sweden in 2001‐2012. Cox regression adjusted for infant sex and maternal factors (age at delivery, country of birth, parity, smoking, body mass index and asthma/pulmonary disease) estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for AR during childhood. Results During the study period 2001‐2013, 22,386 (2.11%) children were diagnosed with AR. AR was more common in infants born through caesarean delivery (2.34%) than in those born vaginally (2.10%) (HR=1.12; 95% confidence interval [95%CI]=1.08‐1.16). This was equivalent to one extra case of AR in 383 children followed‐up in our study. AR was also associated with moderately preterm birth (≥32‐36 weeks of gestation: HR=1.12, 95%CI=1.04‐1.20), large for gestational age (LGA) (HR=1.05, 95%CI=1.01‐1.10) and low (<7) 5‐minute Apgar score (HR=1.15, 95%CI=1.02‐1.30). Similar risk estimates were obtained when we restricted the outcome to ≥2 hospital‐based records of AR. No association was observed between very preterm birth, post‐term birth, low birth weight or small for gestational age (SGA) and AR. Conclusion Our study indicates an association between pregnancy outcomes and childhood AR, although observed effect sizes were generally modest.Keywords
Funding Information
- Region Örebro län
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Stockholms Läns Landsting
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