%0 Journal Article
%T Maternal dietary indexes are not linked to early childhood wheezing or atopic eczema.
%A Sivula E
%A Puharinen H
%A Hantunen S
%A Keski-Nisula L
%A Backman K
%J Pediatr Allergy Immunol
%V 35
%N 3
%D 2024 Mar
%M 38425169
%F 5.464
%R 10.1111/pai.14099
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Several recent studies have investigated the association between maternal diet during pregnancy and wheezing or asthma in children. However, whether a specific dietary pattern during pregnancy protects children from wheezing or atopic diseases remains unclear. This study investigated the association between The Alternative Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P), the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), and the risk for wheezing and atopic eczema in children during the first year of life.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>This study included 1330 mother-child pairs who attended the Kuopio Birth Cohort (KuBiCo) study and had dietary information during the last trimester and information on children's health in the first year of life. AHEI-P and DII indicate a healthy diet and dietary inflammation potential during pregnancy. The AHEI-P and DII were compared with reported wheezing and doctor-diagnosed atopic eczema in children during the first year of life.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Neither AHEI-P nor DII is associated with wheezing or atopic eczema in children when analyzed by continuous variables and by tertiles. The odds ratio (95% CI) for AHEI-P and wheezing was 0.99 (0.98-1.01), for AHEI-P and atopic eczema1.01 (0.99-1.02), for DII and wheezing 1.02 (0.95-1.09), and for DII and atopic eczema 0.97 (0.91-1.04).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>In this cohort study, AHEI-P and DII during pregnancy were not associated with wheezing or atopic eczema in the offspring during the first year of life.