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- Title
Associations of Plasma Fatty Acid Patterns during Pregnancy with Respiratory and Allergy Outcomes at School Age.
- Authors
Mensink-Bout, Sara M.; Voortman, Trudy; Dervishaj, Marsela; Reiss, Irwin K. M.; De Jongste, Johan C.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Duijts, Liesbeth
- Abstract
Fatty acids might play a role in asthma and allergy development as they can modulate immune responses. We examined among 4260 mother-child pairs participating in a population-based cohort the associations of maternal plasma fatty acid patterns during pregnancy with a child's respiratory and allergy outcomes at school-age. In mid-pregnancy, 22 individual fatty acids were measured from maternal blood. Three patterns were previously identified by principal component analysis: A 'high n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)', a 'monounsaturated and saturated fatty acid', and a 'high n-3 PUFA' pattern. At the age of 10 years, a child's lung function was assessed by spirometry, current asthma and physician-diagnosed inhalant allergy by questionnaire, and inhalant allergic sensitization by skin prick tests. A higher 'high n-6 PUFA' pattern was associated with a higher forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity and forced expiratory flow after exhaling 75% of forced vital capacity (Z-score difference (95% CI) 0.04 (0, 0.07) and 0.04 (0.01, 0.07), respectively, per SD increase in the fatty acid pattern). We observed no associations of maternal fatty acid patterns with a child's asthma or allergy outcomes. Our results showed limited associations of maternal patterns of high n-6 PUFA concentrations in pregnancy with a better lung function in school-aged children.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY disease risk factors; ALLERGIES; CONFIDENCE intervals; FACTOR analysis; FATTY acids; LONGITUDINAL method; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY measurements; PULMONARY function tests; RISK assessment; SKIN tests; SPIROMETRY; UNSATURATED fatty acids; SATURATED fatty acids; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; FORCED expiratory volume; CHILDREN; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Nutrients, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 10, p3057
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu12103057