Early-life antibiotic use and risk of asthma and eczema: results of a discordant twin study.

The European Respiratory Journal
Elise M A SlobAnke H Maitland-van der Zee

Abstract

Early-life antibiotic use has been associated with the development of atopic diseases, but the aetiology remains unclear. To elucidate the aetiology, we used a discordant twin design to control for genetic and environmental confounding. We conducted a retrospective cohort study in twins aged 3-10 years from the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR, n=35 365) and a replication study in twins aged 9 years from the Childhood and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATSS, n=7916). Antibiotic use was recorded at age 0-2 years. Doctor-diagnosed asthma and eczema were reported by parents when children were aged 3-12 years in both cohorts. Individuals were included in unmatched analyses and in co-twin control analyses with disease discordant twin pairs. Early-life antibiotic use was associated with increased risk of asthma (NTR OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.28-1.41; CATSS OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.34-1.56) and eczema (NTR OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.03-1.13; CATSS OR 1.07, 95% CI 1.01-1.14) in unmatched analyses. Co-twin analyses in monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs showed similar results for asthma (NTR OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.20-1.98; CATSS OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.28-3.13), but opposing results for eczema in the NTR (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.80-1.25) and the CATSS (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.12-2...Continue Reading

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