Parent-specific effects on risk of developing allergic sensitization and asthma in childhood.
Ann-Marie Malby SchoosBritta Randi HansenJessica Lasky-SuBo Lund ChawesKlaus BønnelykkeHans BisgaardPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2020)
The effect of mother's history of atopic traits on the child's risk of developing the same traits in early childhood was stronger than the effect from father's history, which was not evident before age 6. This suggests that maternal non-genetic factors seem to confer an added disease risk to the child, particularly in early life.