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Release date：2020-07-03

Clinical & Experimental Allergy

[IF:5.158]

Caesarean delivery and the risk of atopic dermatitis in children
DOI: org/10.1111/cea.13668
Abstract:
Background: Caesarean delivery (C‐section) may disrupt maternal‐infant microbial transfer and alter immune system development and subsequent risk for atopic dermatitis.
Methods: P
Maternal and child information was collected through Kaiser Permanente Northern California's (KPNC) integrated healthcare system. Data sources included electronic medical records, pharmacy databases, state birth records, and prospectively collected breastfeeding surveys. Children were eligible if they were born in a KPNC or contracting hospital between 2005 and 2014 and had continuous enrolment in the KPNC system for at least four years (n=173105). Modified Poisson regression with robust variance estimation was used to estimate the association between C‐section and atopic dermatitis overall and when stratified by demographic and labour and delivery characteristics.
Results: Although unadjusted analyses showed a positive association between C‐section and atopic dermatitis [RR(95%CI): 1.06(1.03, 1.10)], this effect was attenuated towards the null after adjustment [aRR(95%CI): 1.02(0.99, 1.05)]. In stratified analyses, there was evidence that C‐section increased atopic dermatitis risk among certain subgroups (eg firstborns, overweight/obese pre‐pregnancy BMI), but associations were weak. C‐section delivery conditions indicative of the least exposure to maternal microbiome (ie no labour, short interval between membrane rupture and delivery) showed no evidence of association with atopic dermatitis. Estimated associations were not strongly influenced by intrapartum antibiotics, breastfeeding, missing data, or familial factors.
Conclusion: Caesarean delivery was not associated with atopic dermatitis by age four in this large US cohort. This association did not appear to be biased by intrapartum antibiotics, breastfeeding behaviour, C‐section indication, missing covariates, or familial factors.
First Author:
Megan Richards
Correspondence:
Megan Richards, School of Community Health Sciences 1664 N Virginia St, m/s 0275, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
All Authors:
Megan Richards, Jeannette Ferber, Hong Chen, Erin Swor, Charles P. Quesenberry, De‐Kun Li, Lyndsey A. Darrow

2020-07-03 Article