TY  - CONF
  - Duggan, EM,. J. Lutomski, ,AP Fitzgerald, ,I Perry, ,JO’B Hourihane
  - European Association of Asthma and Allergy Conference
  - The Impact of Exclusive Breast Feeding on Asthma In Irish School Children Aged 6-9 Years. Published Abstract No. 32.
  - 2009
  - November
  - Validated
  - 1
  - ()
  - Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Wiley ; Sons
  - 17
  - 17
  - Venice, Italy.
  - WHO advises exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months and preferably to 6 months, but its role in the prevention of asthma and allergy remains uncertain. Breast feeding rates are lower in Ireland than in other parts of Europe. We retrospectively investigated the effect of exclusive breastfeeding and its duration on asthma and allergy in young Irish school children. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, parents of school children aged 6–9 years-old completed ISAAC-based questionnaires in 111 schools in 2007 (n = 3464). In conjunction with attaining asthma and allergy prevalence data, the questionnaires were adapted to investigate breastfeeding and several other exposures related to asthma and allergy. Logistic regression models were used to examine associations between exclusive breast feeding and allergy. Results: The 2007 prevalence of asthma in Irish school children aged 6–9 years was 20.2% (n, 699). In our study, only 28.4% of children (n = 983) were exclusively breast fed ever and only 8.1% (n = 280) were exclusively breast fed for >16 wks. Compared to children who were never breast fed, those who were exclusively breastfed for >16 wks had reduced odds of having asthma (OR 0.62; CI, 0.43–0.91), adjusted for sex, maternal education, child and parental atopy, birth order and prenatal smoking. No significant effects were seen for rhino-conjunctivitis or eczema. Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding for >16 wks significantly reduced the odds of having asthma at 6–9 years of age. These data add weight to national initiatives to increase breastfeeding rates in Ireland.
  - Irish Lung Foundation
  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00967.xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00967.x
DA  - 2009/11
ER  - 

@inproceedings{V241510703,
   = {Duggan,  EM and . J. Lutomski,   and AP Fitzgerald,   and I Perry,   and JO’B Hourihane },
   = {European Association of Asthma and Allergy Conference},
   = {{The Impact of Exclusive Breast Feeding on Asthma In Irish School Children Aged 6-9 Years. Published Abstract No. 32.}},
   = {2009},
   = {November},
   = {Validated},
   = {1},
   = {()},
   = {Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Wiley  and  Sons},
  pages = {17--17},
   = {Venice, Italy.},
   = {{WHO advises exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months and preferably to 6 months, but its role in the prevention of asthma and allergy remains uncertain. Breast feeding rates are lower in Ireland than in other parts of Europe. We retrospectively investigated the effect of exclusive breastfeeding and its duration on asthma and allergy in young Irish school children. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, parents of school children aged 6–9 years-old completed ISAAC-based questionnaires in 111 schools in 2007 (n = 3464). In conjunction with attaining asthma and allergy prevalence data, the questionnaires were adapted to investigate breastfeeding and several other exposures related to asthma and allergy. Logistic regression models were used to examine associations between exclusive breast feeding and allergy. Results: The 2007 prevalence of asthma in Irish school children aged 6–9 years was 20.2% (n, 699). In our study, only 28.4% of children (n = 983) were exclusively breast fed ever and only 8.1% (n = 280) were exclusively breast fed for >16 wks. Compared to children who were never breast fed, those who were exclusively breastfed for >16 wks had reduced odds of having asthma (OR 0.62; CI, 0.43–0.91), adjusted for sex, maternal education, child and parental atopy, birth order and prenatal smoking. No significant effects were seen for rhino-conjunctivitis or eczema. Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding for >16 wks significantly reduced the odds of having asthma at 6–9 years of age. These data add weight to national initiatives to increase breastfeeding rates in Ireland.}},
   = {Irish Lung Foundation},
   = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00967.xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00967.x},
  source = {IRIS}
}