TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children
AU - Munadzilah, Syarimonitha
AU - Hegar, Badriul
AU - Sekartini, Rini
AU - Vandenplas, Yvan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10/25
Y1 - 2021/10/25
N2 - Objective To study the association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted in randomly selected presumed healthy children with good nutritional status aged 3-12 years in Central Jakarta, Indonesia (n=174), including 72 children aged 3-5 years and 102 children aged 6-12 years. Results The prevalence of lactose malabsorption in children aged 3-5 years and children aged 6-12 years was 20.8% (15/72) and 35.3% (36/102), respectively. There was no association between milk or milk product consumption and lactose malabsorption (P>0.05). In the 51 children with lactose malabsorption, the predominant clinical symptoms were diarrhea (62%), abdominal pain (52%), and nausea (5%) during the hydrogen breath test. Conclusions There is no association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years, suggesting that genetic predisposition may be more important than adaptive mechanisms to lactose consumption.
AB - Objective To study the association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted in randomly selected presumed healthy children with good nutritional status aged 3-12 years in Central Jakarta, Indonesia (n=174), including 72 children aged 3-5 years and 102 children aged 6-12 years. Results The prevalence of lactose malabsorption in children aged 3-5 years and children aged 6-12 years was 20.8% (15/72) and 35.3% (36/102), respectively. There was no association between milk or milk product consumption and lactose malabsorption (P>0.05). In the 51 children with lactose malabsorption, the predominant clinical symptoms were diarrhea (62%), abdominal pain (52%), and nausea (5%) during the hydrogen breath test. Conclusions There is no association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children aged 3-12 years, suggesting that genetic predisposition may be more important than adaptive mechanisms to lactose consumption.
KW - Child
KW - Hydrogen breath test
KW - Lactose malabsorption
KW - Milk consumption
KW - Prevalence
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U2 - 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2105030
DO - 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2105030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119440135
VL - 23
SP - 975
EP - 980
JO - Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
JF - Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
SN - 1008-8830
IS - 10
ER -