Sex steroid hormones and allergic diseases in children: a pilot birth cohort study in the Japan Environment and Children's Study cohort

• Main Authors: Yumiko Miyaji (Author), Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada (Author), Limin Yang (Author), Mayako Saito-Abe (Author), Miori Sato (Author), Hidetoshi Mezawa (Author), Minaho Nishizato (Author), Masayuki Ochiai (Author), Shouichi Ohga (Author), Masako Oda (Author), Hiroshi Mitsubuchi (Author), Masayuki Shimono (Author), Reiko Suga (Author), Nathan Mise (Author), Makiko Sekiyama (Author), Shoji F. Nakayama (Author), Yukihiro Ohya (Author), the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Numerous studies suggest that sex steroids might play a role in sex disparity observed in allergic diseases in adults. However, whether sex hormones influence allergic diseases in children remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to examine the association of sex steroid...