Cesarean delivery and cow milk allergy/intolerance.
The present study provides support for a positive association between cesarean delivery and persistent cow milk allergy/cow's milk intolerance. Correspondingly, a negative association was seen between cesarean delivery and early outgrown cow milk allergy/intolerance. A possible explanation is that cesarean delivery, rather than increasing the overall risk of food allergy, increases the risk of persistency of disease among food allergic children.
Eggesbø
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Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Botten
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Stigum
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Samuelsen
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SO
Brunekreef
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Magnus
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P
D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy