Childhood antibiotics tied to increased IBS risk by age 24
A study of 2,853 Swedish birth cohort participants found that antibiotic use from childhood to early adulthood was associated with higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome at age 24. The likelihood of IBS rose as the number of antibiotic prescriptions increased, even after adjusting for sex and family socioeconomic status. At age 24, 10% of participants had IBS, and those with IBS were more likely to have received antibiotics during the study period.
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The study drew on 2,853 people in Sweden's BAMSE birth cohort. Prescription records came from a national drug register, covering ages 9–11 through the year before IBS was checked at 24. At that age, 10% had IBS; nearly four-fifths of those cases were female.
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