Cow's Milk Allergy, Asthma, and Pediatric IBD

• DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e318285e9d8
• Publication Date: 2013-01-12T10:46:16Z
• Authors: Lauri J. Virta; Merja Ashorn; Kaija‐Leena Kolho
• Keywords: Milk allergy

ABSTRACT We identified a total of 595 Finnish children born in 1994–2008 and diagnosed as having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by October 2010 from the National Reimbursement Register (based on certificates including diagnostic criteria) to determine whether presence cow's milk allergy (CMA) or asthma is associated with risk contracting IBD (altogether 2380 matched controls). A diagnosis CMA infancy was Crohn (odds ratio [OR] 1.92, confidence interval [CI] 1.09–3.36, P < 0.05) ulcerative colitis (OR 1.71, CI 1.04–2.83, 0.05), but childhood only 2.33, 1.41–3.86, = 0.001). Thus, infants factor for pediatric accordingly, disease.