Links between parents' and children's asthma and allergies

Date:
July 8, 2020
Source:
Wiley
Summary:
New research found that, compared with a father's traits related
to allergies and asthma, a mother's traits create a higher risk
that a child will develop these same traits in early childhood.



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New research found that, compared with a father's traits related to
allergies and asthma, a mother's traits create a higher risk that a
child will develop these same traits in early childhood.


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By the time the children were 6 years old, however, both parents presented
the same risk. This suggests that non-genetic factors related to mothers
-- such as factors present in the uterus during pregnancy -- may confer
an added risk of allergies and asthma to children.

The Clinical & Experimental Allergy study included 685 parent-child trios.

"This study adds to the increasing evidence linking the pregnancy period
to disease in early childhood. We find this discovery very interesting,
as it circumvents any known or unknown genetic factors that could add
to the heritability of asthma and allergies," said senior author Hans
Bisgaard, MD, DMSc, of the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark.


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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Ann‐Marie Malby Schoos, Britta Randi Hansen, Jakob Stokholm,
Bo
Lund Chawes, Klaus Bo/nnelykke, Hans Bisgaard. Parent‐specific
effects on risk of developing allergic sensitization and asthma
in childhood. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2020; DOI:
10.1111/cea.13670 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200708105941.htm

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