Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011)

El-Heneidy, Asmaa; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; Mihala, Gabor; Ross, Lynda J.; Comans, Tracy A.

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Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011)

Asmaa El-Heneidy

Manar E. Abdel-Rahman

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Gabor Mihala

Lynda J. Ross

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Tracy A. Comans

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Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, QLD 4111, Australia

Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar

Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia

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Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia

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Nutrients 2018, 10(11), 1798; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111798

Received: 1 October 2018 / Revised: 27 October 2018 / Accepted: 15 November 2018 / Published: 19 November 2018

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Prevalence of asthma in Australian children is amongst the highest in the world. Although breastfeeding positively influences infant immunity, early introduction of Milk Other than Breast Milk (MOTBM) may also play an important role in the development of Asthma. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months after birth and the development of reported persistent asthma in 3-year olds. A sample of 1121 children was extracted from the Environments for Healthy Living longitudinal birth cohort study. Introduction of MOTBM during the first six months after birth increased almost two-fold the risk of development of persistent asthma after adjusting for other covariates (Adjusted Relative Risk (ARR): 1.71, 95% CI: 1.03–2.83, p = 0.038). This study indicates that the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months of life is a risk factor for asthma incidence among 3-year old children. This result is important in explaining the benefits of breastfeeding as part of public health interventions to encourage mothers to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration, and avoid the introduction of MOTBM in the first six months after childbirth. View Full-Text

Keywords: asthma; breastfeeding; milk other than breast milk

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El-Heneidy, A.; Abdel-Rahman, M.E.; Mihala, G.; Ross, L.J.; Comans, T.A. Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011). Nutrients 2018, 10, 1798. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111798

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El-Heneidy A, Abdel-Rahman ME, Mihala G, Ross LJ, Comans TA. Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011). Nutrients. 2018; 10(11):1798. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111798

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El-Heneidy, Asmaa, Manar E. Abdel-Rahman, Gabor Mihala, Lynda J. Ross, and Tracy A. Comans. 2018. "Milk Other Than Breast Milk and the Development of Asthma in Children 3 Years of Age. A Birth Cohort Study (2006–2011)" Nutrients 10, no. 11: 1798. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111798

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