| Title: | Breastfeeding, genetic susceptibility, and the risk of asthma and allergic diseases in children and adolescents: a retrospective national population-based cohort study |
| Journal: | BMC Public Health |
| Published: | 5 Nov 2024 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39501212/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20501-0 |
Publication 14209
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Abstract
BackgroundAsthma and allergic diseases (such as allergic rhinitis) are multifactorial chronic respiratory diseases, and have many common pathogenic mechanisms. This study aimed to assess the joint effects of breastfeeding and genetic susceptibility on asthma, allergic disease in children and adolescents and sought to examine whether the effect of breastfeeding was consistent under distinct levels of genetic risk.MethodsA total of 351,931 UK Biobank participants were analyzed. Firstly, Cox proportional hazards model was used to evaluate the relation between breastfeeding and asthma, allergic disease and their comorbidity. Next, we incorporated the polygenic risk score as an additional covariate into the model. Then, we explored the role of breastfeeding at each stage of asthma and allergic disease through a multi-state model. Meanwhile, several sensitivity analyses were conducted to evaluate the robustness of our results. Finally, we calculated the attributable protection and population attributable protection of breastfeeding.ResultsBreastfeeding was related to a reduced risk of occurring asthma (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 0.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.86 ~ 0.93), allergic disease (HR = 0.89, 95%CI 0.87 ~ 0.91) and comorbidity (HR = 0.89, 95%CI 0.83 ~ 0.94). The effect of breastfeeding was almost unchanged after considering PRS and did not substantially differ across distinct genetic risk levels. Breastfeeding showed a stronger risk-decreased impact on individuals who developed from allergic rhinitis to comorbidity (HR = 0.83, 95%CI 0.73 ~ 0.93). Further, the influence of breastfeeding was robust against covariates considered and the confounding influence of adolescent smoking. Finally, due to breastfeeding, 12.0%, 13.0% or 13.0% of the exposed population would not suffer from asthma, allergic diseases and the comorbidity, while 7.1%, 7.6% or 7.6% of the general population would not suffer from these diseases.ConclusionsThis study provided supportive evidence for the risk-reduced effect of breastfeeding on asthma, allergic diseases, and the comorbidity in children and adolescents, and further revealed that such an influence was consistent across distinct genetic risk levels.</p>
15 Keywords
- Adolescent
- Asthma
- Breast Feeding
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- United Kingdom
6 Authors
- Wenyan Hou
- Fengjun Guan
- Wenying Chen
- Jike Qi
- Shuiping Huang
- Ping Zeng
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 88159 | Fine-mapping, genetic correlation and genetic risk prediction for complex traits in different populations |
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