Regarding the occurrence of asthma in the first six months and cumulative in the first 12 months, adjusted analyses of ever AS in infancy indicated that IL-5 and IL-13 in both maternal serum and whey, and TGF-β1 and IgA in whey had a significant influence on AS (supplemental material; Additional file1: Table E3). This evidence concerns the gene CD79A and asthma.