ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2022
The Effect of Long-Term or Repeated Use of Antibiotics in Children and Adolescents on Cognitive Impairment in Middle-Aged and Older Person(s) Adults: A Cohort Study.
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of long-term antibiotic use on cognitive outcomes.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Extensive antibiotic use during early life and risk of frailty: a population-based cohort study in the UK biobank.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The microbiota-gut-brain axis in mental and neurodegenerative disorders: opportunities for prevention and intervention.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- Drugs with a negative impact on cognitive functions (part 3): antibacterial agents in patients with chronic kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Review
- Adolescence and the Microbiome: Implications for Healthy Growth and Maturation.The American journal of pathology · 2023Review
- Signalling cognition: the gut microbiota and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Objectives: We evaluated the effects of long-term/recurrent use of antibiotics in childhood on developing cognitive impairment in middle and old age from UK Biobank Database. Methods: UK Biobank recruited participants aged 37-73 years. Cognitive impairment was ascertained by fluid intelligence questionnaire. Primary outcome was the occurrence of cognitive impairment in middle and old age. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to explore the relationship between long-term/recurrent use of antibiotics and cognitive impairment. Results: Over 3.8-10.8 years' follow-up, 4,781 of the 35,921 participants developed cognitive impairment. The odds of cognitive impairment in middle and old age among long-term/recurrent use of antibiotics in childhood were increased by 18% compared with their counterparts (adjusted odd ratio 1.18, 95% confidence interval 1.08-1.29, Conclusion: Long-term/recurrent use of antibiotics in childhood may increase the risk of cognitive impairment in middle and old age.
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