Infant Swimming in Chlorinated Pools and the Risks of Bronchiolitis, Asthma and Allergy
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RESULTS. Attendance at indoor or outdoor chlorinated pools ever before the age of 2 years was associated with an increase risk of bronchiolitis (odds ratio: 1.68 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08–2.68]; P .03). Associations persisted, and were even strengthened, by the exclusion of other risk factors. Among children with no parental antecedents of atopic diseases or no day-care attendance, odds ratios for bronchiolitis were 4.45 (95% CI: 1.82–10.9; P .001) and 4.44 (95% CI: 1.88– 10.5; P .007), respectively, after 20 hours spent in pools during infancy. Infant swimmers who developed bronchiolitis also showed higher risks of asthma and respiratory allergies later in childhood.
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Infant swimming in chlorinated pools and the risks of bronchiolitis, asthma and allergy.
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