Discussion In this cohort of developing country women, we have demonstrated borderline significant positive associations between paracetamol use and reported eczema and ‘any allergic condition’, independent of age, social class and numerous other potential confounders.
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Frequent use of paracetamol and risk of allergic disease among women in an Ethiopian population.
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Paracetamol use in the past month was reported by 29%, and associations of borderline significance were seen for eczema (adjusted OR (95% CI) = 8.51 (1.68 to 43.19) for 1–3 tablets and 2.19 (0.36 to 13.38) for ≥4 tablets, compared to no tablets in the past month; overall p = 0.055) and for ‘any allergic condition’ (adjusted OR (95% CI) = 2.73 (1.22 to 6.11) for 1–3 tablets and 1.35 (0.67 to 2.70) for ≥4 tablets compared to 0 in the past month; overall p = 0.071).