Invited Commentary: Does Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Cause Asthma?
Published in American Journal of Epidemiology
In an analysis of data from the US Collaborative Perinatal Project, Huang et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2013;178(12):1691-1697) report an association between neonatal total serum bilirubin levels and childhood asthma. To consider the implications of this finding, we need to evaluate whether the association is causal. The results do not appear to be due t...