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Many risk factors for asthma have been proposed including age, gender (male), smoking, and family history of asthma. The importance of breastfeeding to childhood asthma is a controversial issue. The present study investigated the relation between breastfeeding and the prevalence of asthma among a childhood population. The subjects were 25,767 students, representing all public elementary and junior high schools in Tokorozawa, Japan (age range, 6--15 years). The study population included 2,315 students with asthma and 21,513 controls. Participants' parents completed the Japanese version of the American Thoracic Society and Division of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, questionnaire for children adopted by the Japanese Environmental Agency in 1998. The authors added supplementary questions on the parental history of asthma and feeding patterns from the age of 0--3 months. The risk of breastfeeding for asthma was compared with that of artificial feeding. After adjustment for age, gender, parental smoking status, and parental history of asthma, a significantly higher prevalence of asthma was noted among children who had been breastfed (adjusted odds ratio = 1.198; 95% confidence interval: 1.054, 1.363; p for trend &lt; 0.01). The results indicated that breastfeeding in infancy might be related to the higher prevalence of asthma during preadolescence.

Relation between Breastfeeding and the Prevalence of Asthma : The Tokorozawa Childhood Asthma and Pollinosis Study