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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY
卷 50, 期 2, 页码 222-230出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cea.13542
关键词
allergy; asthma; epidemiology; pollen; register; respiratory infectious disease; season
资金
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare [2015-00289]
- Swedish Research Council [2018-02640, 340-2013-5867]
- Swedish HeartLung Foundation [20150440, 20180512]
- Stockholm County Council
- Karolinska Institutet
Background Previous studies have suggested an association between season of birth and risk of childhood asthma and allergic disease. The association may be modified by birth year and region, or mediated by respiratory tract infections. Objective We aimed to estimate the association between season of birth and risk of childhood asthma/wheeze or allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in a population-based setting, and the mediating effect of lower respiratory infections. Methods Two population-based cohorts were identified from the nationwide Swedish Medical Birth, Patient and Prescribed Drug Registers. The association between birth month/season and asthma/wheeze incidence was analysed using Cox proportional regression in the younger cohort born 2005-2010 (n = 582 494) and asthma/allergic rhinoconjunctivitis prevalence during the 7th year of life using log-binomial models in the older cohort born 2001-2004 (n = 367 583). Interactions were formally tested. Mediation analyses to address the effect of lower respiratory infections were performed in the older cohort using the R package medflex. Results Children born during fall and winter had an increased risk of asthma/wheeze after 2 years of age in the younger cohort: hazard ratio 1.24 (95% confidence interval, CI 1.17, 1.33) for winter and risk of prevalent asthma during their 7th year of life in the older cohort; prevalence ratio (PR) 1.12 (95% CI 1.08, 1.16) for winter. These estimates were partly mediated by lower respiratory infections; the indirect effect for winter compared with summer was PR 1.03 (95% CI 1.03, 1.04). The association was similar for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in the 7th year of life, but not mediated by respiratory infections. Conclusion We found that the association between season of birth and risk of childhood asthma/wheeze, but not allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, is partly mediated through lower respiratory infections. Clinical relevance This has important implications for patient care, such as asthma management programmes to notify timing of seasonality for viral respiratory tract infections.
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