Perinatal Factors Tied to Asthma in Childhood – (01-08-01)



Perinatal Factors Tied to Asthma in Childhood

C-section is a risk factor for development of childhood asthma. Sometimes research arises that supports concepts that you have been promoting for some time. Follow this: a newborn’s first exposure to Lactobacillus is through the vaginal vault during delivery; this does not happen with C-section. This finding further supports the idea that probiotics are protective against atopy and asthma.

J Asthma 2000;37:589-594 Children delivered with the help of procedures such as cesarean section appear to be at greater risk of childhood asthma than other children, according to UK researchers. Dr. Baizhuang Xu, of Imperial College School of Medicine, London, and colleagues note that perinatal factors have been reported to be associated with asthma and allergic disorders later in childhood. To investigate, the researchers examined obstetric complications and the incidence of asthma at the age of 7 years in a cohort of 8088 Finnish children who had been followed since birth. Children whose birth was accompanied by special procedures were at greater risk of asthma, they report in the October issue of the Journal of Asthma. The adjusted odds ratio was increased to 1.38 for cesarean section and 1.32 for vacuum extraction. The use of forceps and other procedures raised the odds ratio to 2.14. In addition, children with a low Apgar score at 1 and 5 minut! es after birth were at heightened risk of later asthma compared to those with an Apgar score of 9-10. These results, the investigators conclude, “encourage further evaluation of the association between obstetric complications and risk of asthma among children in other populations.”

James Bogash

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