Association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children.
10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2105030
- Author:
Syarimonitha MUNADZILAH
1
;
Badriul HEGAR
1
;
Rini SEKARTINI
1
;
Yvan VANDENPLAS
1
Author Information
1. Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Child;
Hydrogen breath test;
Lactose malabsorption;
Milk consumption;
Prevalence
- MeSH:
Animals;
Breath Tests;
Child;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Humans;
Indonesia/epidemiology*;
Lactose Intolerance/epidemiology*;
Milk
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2021;23(10):975-980
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: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 (
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 (
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.
