PPI Use Linked to Greater Asthma Risk Among Kids in Swedish Registry Study
Feb 10, 2021 Initiation of the drugs associated with 57% risk increase Children who took proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for gastrointestinal tract disorders showed a 57% increased risk for asthma compared to those who did not take the drugs in a nationwide registry study from Sweden. The propensity score-matched cohort trial included close to 90,000 pairs of children and adolescents who were or were not new PPI users from 2007 through 2016, matched for age and propensity score. The observed asthma risk was significantly increased for all age groups of children and adolescents (≤17 years), bu...