The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 1 , Pages 112-116.e1 , July 2008

Cesarean Section and Risk of Severe Childhood Asthma: A Population-Based Cohort Study

  • Mette C. Tollånes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Locus of Registry-Based Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mette C. Tollånes, MD, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Postboks 7804, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
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  • Dag Moster, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Locus of Registry-Based Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
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  • Anne K. Daltveit, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Locus of Registry-Based Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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  • Lorentz M. Irgens, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Locus of Registry-Based Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Received 14 May 2007 ,Revised 19 October 2007 ,Accepted 23 January 2008.

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    Incidence rates of CS (per 100) from the MBRN (solid line) and cumulative incidence rates of benefits for asthma (per 1000) from the NIS (dashed line) at age 18 years or in the year 2002, by year of b

    Incidence rates of CS (per 100) from the MBRN (solid line) and cumulative incidence rates of benefits for asthma (per 1000) from the NIS (dashed line) at age 18 years or in the year 2002, by year of birth, 1967 to 1998.

 This study was funded by the Research Council of Norway, which had no involvement in the authors' work.

 The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00070-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.029

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 1 , Pages 112-116.e1 , July 2008

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