According to a recent meta-analysis, the beneficial off-target effects of early-life BCG vaccine could prevent atopic eczema. The meta-analysis included three randomized controlled trials involving 5655 children randomly assigned to either early-life intervention BCG Denmark vaccination (n = 2832) or no BCG (n = 2823).
The meta-analyses revealed that the BCG Denmark vaccine had a beneficial effect preventing eczema (risk ratio [RR], 0.89; 95% CI, 0.82-0.98). Subgroup analyses revealed that BCG was more beneficial in male children (RR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.74-0.95) and children of two atopic parents (RR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.68-0.97). The researchers concluded that the BCG Denmark vaccine delivered in early life leads to an 11% reduction in the risk for eczema with a greater effect for increasing predisposition.
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