Does BCG vaccination protect against childhood asthma? Final results from MANCAS retrospective cohort study and updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Linehan, Mary F., Nurmatov, Ulugbek ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9557-8635, Frank, Timothy L., Niven, Robert M., Baxter, David N. and Sheikh, Aziz 2013. Does BCG vaccination protect against childhood asthma? Final results from MANCAS retrospective cohort study and updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 133 (3) , pp. 688-695. 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.08.007

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Abstract

The Manchester Community Asthma Study (MANCAS) found a protective effect against the risk of wheeze at age 6 to 11 years for children given neonatal BCG vaccination. Our subsequent systematic review and meta-analysis suggested that BCG vaccination did not protect against allergic sensitization but might have exerted a protective effect against nonatopic asthma. OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess whether the protective effect of BCG vaccination on wheeze observed in the MANCAS cohort was maintained at age 13 to 17 years and to incorporate the findings from this final MANCAS analysis into an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: BCG vaccination status was determined from health records and respiratory outcomes from questionnaire responses. We updated the systematic review and used fixed-effects and random-effects modeling to undertake meta-analyses. RESULTS: There were 1608 participants in the final MANCAS analysis. The 12-month prevalence of wheeze was 15.1%. There was no difference in prevalence between those who were and were not BCG vaccinated (15.8% vs 14.3%; relative risk, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.94-1.19). The updated meta-analysis incorporated 4 new studies: this showed that the protective effect of BCG vaccination against the development of asthma identified in our previous meta-analysis was attenuated (odds ratio, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.89-1.00). No protective effect of BCG was seen for sensitization, eczema/atopic dermatitis, rhinoconjunctivitis, or allergy in general. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, the final results of the MANCAS cohort and the updated systematic review and meta-analysis provide clearer evidence that any protective effect of BCG vaccination on childhood asthma is likely to be transient.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 June 2016
Date of Acceptance:	15 August 2013
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 10:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/91598

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