| Title: | The influence of childhood asthma on adult height: evidence from the UK Biobank |
| Journal: | BMC Medicine |
| Published: | 22 Mar 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35313867/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02289-1 |
| URL: | https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12916-022-02289-1 |
| Citations: | 4 (4 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 12460
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Abstract
BackgroundTo elucidate the influence of childhood asthma on adult height after consideration of genetic heterogeneity in height.MethodsBased on the UK Biobank, we conducted a matched cohort study, including 13,602 European individuals with asthma diagnosed before 18 years old and 136,008 matched unexposed individuals without such an experience. Ascertainment of asthma was based on self-reported data (97.6%) or clinical diagnosis in healthcare registers (2.4%). We studied three height outcomes, including (1) the attained adult height (in centimeters), (2) the height deviation measured as the difference between a person's rank of genetically determined height (based on generated polygenetic risk score) and their rank of attained adult height in the study population (deviation in % of height order after standardization), and (3) the presence of height deficit comparing genetically determined and attained height (yes or no). We applied linear mixed-effect models to assess the associations of asthma diagnosed at different ages with attained adult height and height deviation, and conditional logistic regression models to estimate the associations of asthma with the risk of height deficit.Results40.07% (59,944/149,610) of the study participants were born before 1950, and most of them were men (57.65%). After controlling for multiple covariates, childhood asthma was associated with shorter attained adult height, irrespective of age at asthma diagnosis. However, in the analysis of height deviation (deviation in %), we observed the greatest height deviation among individuals with asthma diagnosed before 4 years of age (− 2.57 [95% CI − 4.14 to − 1.00] and − 2.80 [95% CI − 4.06 to − 1.54] for the age of ≤ 2 and 3-4 years, respectively). The magnitude of height deviation in relation to asthma declined thereafter and became null after age 6. Similarly, there was a statistically significant height deficit in relation to an asthma diagnosis at ages ≤ 2 and 3-4 (odds ratios = 1.21, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.40, and 1.15, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.29) but not thereafter. The result pattern was similar when separately analyzing asthma with or without inhaled glucocorticoid (ICS) use, despite that the estimates were consistently stronger among asthma individuals who used ICS.ConclusionsOur results suggest a notable association of childhood asthma, primarily asthma diagnosed at an early age, with adult height, after consideration of genetic heterogeneity in height and use of ICS. This finding highlights the need for surveillance on the growth problems among children with asthma.</p>
16 Keywords
- Administration, Inhalation
- Adolescent
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
- Adult
- Anti-Asthmatic Agents
- Asthma
- Biological Specimen Banks
- Body Height
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- United Kingdom
- Young Adult
12 Authors
- Wenwen Chen
- Huazhen Yang
- Can Hou
- Yajing Sun
- Yanan Shang
- Yu Zeng
- Yao Hu
- Yuanyuan Qu
- Jianwei Zhu
- Fang Fang
- Donghao Lu
- Huan Song
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 54803 | Deciphering complex traits - phenotypic and genetic associations between traits in the UK Biobank Cohort |
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