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ArticleThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global2022

Maternal BMI and allergy in children until 3 years of age (JECS).

Daisuke Hayashi, Emiko Noguchi, Kazushi Maruo, Monami Hara, Shoji F Nakayama, Hidetoshi Takada, Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

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Article in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Maternal BMI, early-life growth, and atopic dermatitis by age 3 years.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2026
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  2. Excessive gestational weight gain and risk of asthma, rhinitis and allergic sensitization: Results from a Portuguese birth cohort.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daisuke HayashiJapan Environment and Children's Study Program Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Emiko NoguchiJapan Environment and Children's Study Program Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Kazushi MaruoDepartment of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Monami HaraJapan Environment and Children's Study Program Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Shoji F NakayamaJapan Environment and Children's Study Program Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Hidetoshi TakadaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
University of Tsukuba · JPNational Institute for Environmental Studies · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) may influence allergic diseases in the children who are the product of those pregnancies. Objective: The purpose of our study was to investigate the association between mothers' prepregnancy BMI and the risk of physician-diagnosed asthma, food allergy (FA), and atopic dermatitis (AD) in their children during the first 3 years of life. Methods: Data on mothers' prepregnancy BMI and physician-diagnosed asthma, FA, and AD in their children until the age of 3 years were obtained from the Japan Environment and Children's Study, a nationwide birth cohort study that has recruited 103,099 pregnant women between 2011 and 2014. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the results. Results: We analyzed 67,204 mother-child pairs with available information on physician-diagnosed allergic diseases. The risk of asthma was significantly higher in children born to overweight mothers (adjusted OR [aOR] =1.17 [95% CI = 1.07-1.28]) and obese mothers (aOR = 1.28 [95% CI = 1.08-1.50]), whereas the risk of FA, cow's milk allergy, and egg allergy decreased significantly in children born to overweight mothers (aOR = 0.84 [95% CI = 0.76-0.92]; aOR = 0.78 [95% CI = 0.64-0.93]; and aOR = 0.83 [95% CI = 0.74-0.94]) and obese mothers (aOR = 0.81 [95% CI = 0.67-0.97]; aOR = 0.58 [95% CI = 0.36-0.87]; and aOR = 0.73 [95% CI = 0.56-0.93]) compared with in children born to normal weight mothers, respectively. Associations between AD and maternal BMI were not detected. Conclusion: Our study showed that an increase in mothers' prepregnancy BMI was associated with an increase in asthma prevalence and a decrease in FA prevalence in their children. Further studies are needed to reveal the mechanisms associated with maternal BMI and pediatric allergic diseases.

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asthmaAtopic dermatitiscow’s milk allergyegg allergyfood allergyprepregnancy maternal body mass index

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PMID37780583
PMCPMC10510001
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