Children born by caesarean delivery are at risk for developing asthma, particularly if their parents have allergies.
Children born by caesarean delivery are at risk for developing asthma, particularly if their parents have allergies. C-section has been thought to be a risk factor for asthma, although the relationship is controversial. Researchers from Netherlands analysed data from 2917 children to assess the association between caesarean delivery and asthma or allergies at 8 years of age. It was found that 362 (12 percent) of the children developed asthma at the age of 8 years and 9 percent had been delivered by c-section. Overall, children delivered by c-section were 79 percent more likely to develop asthma than children born vaginally. The association between c-section and asthma was even stronger for children born to one or two allergic parents than for children born to parents without allergies.
The results emphasise the importance of gene-environment interactions on the development of asthma in children.
Thorax
February 2009
February 2009
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