Systematic review with meta-analysis: breastfeeding and the risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 780-789

  Xu, L ^a,b   Lochhead, P ^a   Ko, Y ^c   Claggett, B ^b,d   Leong, R W ^c   Ananthakrishnan, A N ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; RISK;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST FEEDING; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 85029221221     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.14291     Document Type: Review

References (79)

1. Molodecky NA, Soon IS, Rabi DM, et al. Increasing incidence and prevalence of the inflammatory bowel diseases with time, based on systematic review. Gastroenterology. 2012;142:46-54 e42; quiz e30.
2. Thia KT, Loftus EV Jr, Sandborn WJ, Yang SK. An update on the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia. Am J Gastroenterol. 2008;103:3167-3182.
3. Ng SC, Tang W, Ching JY, et al. Incidence and phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease based on results from the Asia-pacific Crohn's and colitis epidemiology study. Gastroenterology. 2013;145:158-165 e152.
4. Abraham C, Cho JH. Inflammatory bowel disease. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:2066-2078.
5. Ananthakrishnan AN. Epidemiology and risk factors for IBD. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015;12:205-217.
6. Manichanh C, Borruel N, Casellas F, Guarner F. The gut microbiota in IBD. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;9:599-608.
7. Kostic AD, Xavier RJ, Gevers D. The microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease: current status and the future ahead. Gastroenterology. 2014;146:1489-1499.
8. Yatsunenko T, Rey FE, Manary MJ, et al. Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography. Nature. 2012;486:222-227.
9. Lozupone CA, Stombaugh JI, Gordon JI, Jansson JK, Knight R. Diversity, stability and resilience of the human gut microbiota. Nature. 2012;489:220-230.
10. Renz H, Brandtzaeg P, Hornef M. The impact of perinatal immune development on mucosal homeostasis and chronic inflammation. Nat Rev Immunol. 2011;12:9-23.
11. Parigi SM, Eldh M, Larssen P, Gabrielsson S, Villablanca EJ. Breast milk and solid food shaping intestinal immunity. Front Immunol. 2015;6:415.
12. Rogier EW, Frantz AL, Bruno ME, et al. Lessons from mother: long-term impact of antibodies in breast milk on the gut microbiota and intestinal immune system of breastfed offspring. Gut Microbes. 2014;5:663-668.
13. M'Rabet L, Vos AP, Boehm G, Garssen J. Breast-feeding and its role in early development of the immune system in infants: consequences for health later in life. J Nutr. 2008;138():1782S-1790S.
14. Hill CJ, Lynch DB, Murphy K, et al. Evolution of gut microbiota composition from birth to 24 weeks in the INFANTMET cohort. Microbiome. 2017;5:4.
15. Kashtanova DA, Popenko AS, Tkacheva ON, Tyakht AB, Alexeev DG, Boytsov SA. Association between the gut microbiota and diet: fetal life, early childhood, and further life. Nutrition. 2016;32:620-627.
16. Madan JC, Hoen AG, Lundgren SN, et al. Association of Cesarean delivery and formula supplementation with the intestinal microbiome of 6-week-old infants. JAMA Pediatr. 2016;170:212-219.
17. Penders J, Thijs C, Vink C, et al. Factors influencing the composition of the intestinal microbiota in early infancy. Pediatrics. 2006;118:511-521.
18. Azad MB, Konya T, Maughan H, et al. Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months. CMAJ. 2013;185:385-394.
19. Piescik-Lech M, Chmielewska A, Shamir R, Szajewska H. Systematic review: early infant feeding and the risk of type 1 diabetes. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017;64:454-459.
20. Chen H, Wang J, Zhou W, Yin H, Wang M. Breastfeeding and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and metaanalysis. J Rheumatol. 2015;42:1563-1569.
21. Silano M, Agostoni C, Sanz Y, Guandalini S. Infant feeding and risk of developing celiac disease: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2016;6:e009163.
22. Barclay AR, Russell RK, Wilson ML, Gilmour WH, Satsangi J, Wilson DC. Systematic review: the role of breastfeeding in the development of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr. 2009;155:421-426.
23. Klement E, Cohen RV, Boxman J, Joseph A, Reif S. Breastfeeding and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;80:1342-1352.
24. Hartling L, Hamm M, Milne A, et al. Validity and inter-rater reliability testing of quality assessment instruments. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012.
25. Wells GA SB, O'Connell D, Peterson J, Welch V, Losos M, Tugwell P. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses. http://www.ohri.ca/programs/clinical_epidemiology/oxford.asp. Accessed Jan 1, 2017.
26. Acheson ED, True Love SC. Early weaning in the aetiology of ulcerative colitis. A study of feeding in infancy in cases and controls. Br Med J. 1961;2:929-933.
27. Whorwell PJ, Holdstock G, Whorwell GM, Wright R. Bottle feeding, early gastroenteritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Br Med J. 1979;1:382.
28. Bergstrand O, Hellers G. Breast-feeding during infancy in patients who later develop Crohn's disease. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1983;18:903-906.
29. Koletzko S, Sherman P, Corey M, Griffiths A, Smith C. Role of infant feeding practices in development of Crohn's disease in childhood. BMJ. 1989;298:1617-1618.
30. Ekbom A, Adami HO, Helmick CG, Jonzon A, Zack MM. Perinatal risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study. Am J Epidemiol. 1990;132:1111-1119.
31. Koletzko S, Griffiths A, Corey M, Smith C, Sherman P. Infant feeding practices and ulcerative colitis in childhood. BMJ. 1991;302:1580-1581.
32. Rigas A, Rigas B, Glassman M, et al. Breast-feeding and maternal smoking in the etiology of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in childhood. Ann Epidemiol. 1993;3:387-392.
33. Thompson NP, Pounder RE, Wakefield AJ. Perinatal and childhood risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1995;7:385-390.
34. Gruber M, Marshall JR, Zielezny M, Lance P. A case-control study to examine the influence of maternal perinatal behaviors on the incidence of Crohn's disease. Gastroenterol Nurs. 1996;19:53-59.
35. Corrao G, Tragnone A, Caprilli R, et al. Risk of inflammatory bowel disease attributable to smoking, oral contraception and breastfeeding in Italy: a nationwide case-control study. Cooperative Investigators of the Italian Group for the Study of the Colon and the Rectum (GISC). Int J Epidemiol. 1998;27:397-404.
36. Klein I, Reif S, Farbstein H, Halak A, Gilat T. Preillness non dietary factors and habits in inflammatory bowel disease. Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1998;30:247-251.
37. Urashima H, Ohmori I, Shiraki K. Epidemiological survey on chronic inflammatory bowel disease developed during childhood in Japan, and a case-control study on nutrition during infnancy. Yonago Acta Medica. 1999;42:95-102.
38. Thompson NP, Montgomery SM, Wadsworth ME, Pounder RE, Wakefield AJ. Early determinants of inflammatory bowel disease: use of two national longitudinal birth cohorts. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2000;12:25-30.
39. Baron S, Turck D, Leplat C, et al. Environmental risk factors in paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases: a population based case control study. Gut. 2005;54:357-363.
40. Amre DK, Lambrette P, Law L, et al. Investigating the hygiene hypothesis as a risk factor in pediatric onset Crohn's disease: a case-control study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006;101:1005-1011.
41. Bernstein CN, Rawsthorne P, Cheang M, Blanchard JF. A population-based case control study of potential risk factors for IBD. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006;101:993-1002.
42. Jiang L, Xia B, Li J, et al. Risk factors for ulcerative colitis in a Chinese population: an age-matched and sex-matched case-control study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2007;41:280-284.
43. Radon K, Windstetter D, Poluda AL, et al. Contact with farm animals in early life and juvenile inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study. Pediatrics. 2007;120:354-361.
44. Sonntag B, Stolze B, Heinecke A, et al. Preterm birth but not mode of delivery is associated with an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease later in life. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007;13():1385-1390.
45. Decker E, Engelmann G, Findeisen A, et al. Cesarean delivery is associated with celiac disease but not inflammatory bowel disease in children. Pediatrics. 2010;125:e1433-1440.
46. Gearry RB, Richardson AK, Frampton CM, Dodgshun AJ, Barclay ML. Population-based cases control study of inflammatory bowel disease risk factors. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010;25:325-333.
47. Han DY, Fraser AG, Dryland P, Ferguson LR. Environmental factors in the development of chronic inflammation: a case-control study on risk factors for Crohn's disease within New Zealand. Mutat Res. 2010;690:116-122.
48. Lopez-Serrano P, Perez-Calle JL, Perez-Fernandez MT, Fernandez-Font JM, Boixeda de Miguel D, Fernandez-Rodriguez CM. Environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel diseases. Investigating the hygiene hypothesis: a Spanish case-control study. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010;45:1464-1471.
49. Hansen TS, Jess T, Vind I, et al. Environmental factors in inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study based on a Danish inception cohort. J Crohns Colitis. 2011;5:577-584.
50. Roberts SE, Wotton CJ, Williams JG, Griffith M, Goldacre MJ. Perinatal and early life risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2011;17:743-749.
51. Castiglione F, Diaferia M, Morace F, et al. Risk factors for inflammatory bowel diseases according to the “hygiene hypothesis”: a case-control, multi-centre, prospective study in Southern Italy. J Crohns Colitis. 2012;6:324-329.
52. Hutfless S, Li DK, Heyman MB, Bayless TM, Abramson O, Herrinton LJ. Prenatal and perinatal characteristics associated with pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2012;57:2149-2156.
53. Hlavaty T, Toth J, Koller T, et al. Smoking, breastfeeding, physical inactivity, contact with animals, and size of the family influence the risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a Slovak case-control study. United Eur Gastroenterol J. 2013;1:109-119.
54. Jakobsen C, Paerregaard A, Munkholm P, Wewer V. Environmental factors and risk of developing paediatric inflammatory bowel disease – a population based study 2007-2009. J Crohns Colitis. 2013;7:79-88.
55. Khalili H, Ananthakrishnan AN, Higuchi LM, Richter JM, Fuchs CS, Chan AT. Early life factors and risk of inflammatory bowel disease in adulthood. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013;19:542-547.
56. Wang YF, Ou-Yang Q, Xia B, et al. Multicenter case-control study of the risk factors for ulcerative colitis in China. World J Gastroenterol. 2013;19:1827-1833.
57. Ko Y, Kariyawasam V, Karnib M, et al. Inflammatory bowel disease environmental risk factors: a population-based case-control study of Middle Eastern migration to Australia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015;13:1453-1463 e1451.
58. Ng SC, Tang W, Leong RW, et al. Environmental risk factors in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based case-control study in Asia-Pacific. Gut. 2015;64:1063-1071.
59. Niewiadomski O, Studd C, Wilson J, et al. Influence of food and lifestyle on the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease. Intern Med J. 2016;46:669-676.
60. Strisciuglio C, Giugliano FP, Martinelli M, et al. Impact of environmental and familial factors in a cohort of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017;64:569-574.
61. Victora CG, Bahl R, Barros AJ, et al. Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect. Lancet. 2016;387:475-490.
62. Spor A, Koren O, Ley R. Unravelling the effects of the environment and host genotype on the gut microbiome. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2011;9:279-290.
63. Kronman MP, Zaoutis TE, Haynes K, Feng R, Coffin SE. Antibiotic exposure and IBD development among children: a population-based cohort study. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e794-803.
64. Shaw SY, Blanchard JF, Bernstein CN. Association between the use of antibiotics in the first year of life and pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010;105:2687-2692.
65. Newburg DS, Walker WA. Protection of the neonate by the innate immune system of developing gut and of human milk. Pediatr Res. 2007;61:2-8.
66. Rautava S. Early microbial contact, the breast milk microbiome and child health. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2016;7:5-14.
67. Penders J, Thijs C, van den Brandt PA, et al. Gut microbiota composition and development of atopic manifestations in infancy: the KOALA Birth Cohort Study. Gut. 2007;56:661-667.
68. vanNimwegen FA, Penders J, Stobberingh EE, et al. Mode and place of delivery, gastrointestinal microbiota, and their influence on asthma and atopy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;128:948-955 e941-943.
69. Shaw SY, Blanchard JF, Bernstein CN. Association between early childhood otitis media and pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: an exploratory population-based analysis. J Pediatr. 2013;162:510-514.
70. Ungaro R, Bernstein CN, Gearry R, et al. Antibiotics associated with increased risk of new-onset Crohn's disease but not ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014;109:1728-1738.
71. Iyengar SR, Walker WA. Immune factors in breast milk and the development of atopic disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012;55:641-647.
72. Turfkruyer M, Verhasselt V. Breast milk and its impact on maturation of the neonatal immune system. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2015;28:199-206.
73. Koutroubakis IE, Vlachonikolis IG. Appendectomy and the development of ulcerative colitis: results of a metaanalysis of published case-control studies. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000;95:171-176.
74. Mahid SS, Minor KS, Soto RE, Hornung CA, Galandiuk S. Smoking and inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006;81:1462-1471.
75. Pugazhendhi S, Sahu MK, Subramanian V, Pulimood A, Ramakrishna BS. Environmental factors associated with Crohn's disease in India. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2011;30:264-269.
76. Cholapranee A, Ananthakrishnan AN. Environmental hygiene and risk of inflammatory bowel diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2016;22:2191-2199.
77. Liu JZ, van Sommeren S, Huang H, et al. Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations. Nat Genet. 2015;47:979-986.
78. Thapa S, Williamson NE. Breast-feeding in Asia: an overview. Asia Pac Popul J. 1990;5:7-24.
79. WHO. Contemporary Patterns of Breast-feeding. Report on the WHO collaborative study on breast-feeding. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1981.