Association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children

Munadzilah Syarimonitha; Hegar Badriul; Sekartini Rini; Vandenplas Yvan

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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ›› 2021, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (10) : 975-980. DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2105030

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Association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children

Munadzilah Syarimonitha, Hegar Badriul, Sekartini Rini, Vandenplas Yvan

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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.

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Lactose malabsorption / Hydrogen breath test / Milk consumption / Prevalence / Child

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Munadzilah Syarimonitha, Hegar Badriul, Sekartini Rini, Vandenplas Yvan. Association between milk consumption and lactose malabsorption in Indonesian children[J]. Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2021, 23(10): 975-980 https://doi.org/10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2105030

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