The impact of early lifestyle factors on wheezing and asthma in Austrian preschool children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-341

  Morass, Bernhard ^a   Kiechl Kohlendorfer, Ursula ^a   Horak, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Hygiene hypothesis; Pacifier; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIER; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PACIFIERS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 41949134111     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00633.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Von Mutius E, Le Souef PN. Early gene-environment interactions: can they inform primary preventive strategies for asthma? Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2007 28 : 255 63.
2. Renz H, Blumer N, Virna S, Sel S, Garn H. The immunological basis of the hygiene hypothesis. Chem Immunol Allergy 2006 91 : 30 48.
3. De Marco R, Pattaro C, Locatelli F, Svanes C, ECRHS Study Group. Influence of early life exposures on incidence and remission of asthma throughout life. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 113 : 845 52.
4. Arshad SH, Kurukulaaratchy RJ, Fenn M, Matthews S. Early life risk factors for current wheeze, asthma, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness at 10 years of age. Chest 2005 127 : 502 8.
5. Kurukulaaratchy RJ, Matthews S, Arshad SH. Does environment mediate earlier onset of the persistent childhood asthma phenotype? Pediatrics 2004 113 : 345 50.
6. Strachan DP, Harkins LS, Golding J. Sibship size and self-reported inhalant allergy among adult women. ALSPAC Study Team. Clin Exp Allergy 1997 27 : 151 5.
7. Kramer U, Heinrich J, Wjst M, Wichmann HE. Age of entry to day nursery and allergy in later childhood. Lancet 1999 353 : 450 4.
8. Lau S, Nickel R, Niggemann B, Gruber C, Sommerfeld C, Illi S et al. The development of childhood asthma: lessons from the German Multicentre Allergy Study (MAS). Paediatr Respir Rev 2002 3 : 265 72.
9. Gilliland FD, Li YF, Peters JM. Effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy and environmental tobacco smoke on asthma and wheezing in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 163 : 429 36.
10. Li YF, Langholz B, Salam MT, Gilliland FD. Maternal and grandmaternal smoking patterns are associated with early childhood asthma. Chest 2005 127 : 1232 41.
11. van Odijk J, Kull I, Borres MP, Brandtzaeg P, Edberg U, Hanson LA, et al. Breastfeeding and allergic disease: a multidisciplinary review of the literature (1966-2001) on the mode of early feeding in infancy and its impact on later atopic manifestations. Allergy 2003 58 : 833 43.
12. Kemp A, Kakakios A. Asthma prevention: breast is best? J Paediatr Child Health 2004 40 : 337 9.
13. Wright AL, Holberg CJ, Taussig LM, Martinez FD. Factors influencing the relation of infant feeding to asthma and recurrent wheeze in childhood. Thorax 2001 56 : 192 7.
14. Naleway AL. Asthma and atopy in rural children: is farming protective? Clin Med Res 2004 2 : 5 12.
15. Riedler J, Braun-Fahrlander C, Eder W, Schreuer M, Waser M, Maisch S, et al., ALEX Study Team. Exposure to farming in early life and development of asthma and allergy: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet 2001 358 : 1129 33.
16. Adler A, Tager I, Quintero DR. Decreased prevalence of asthma among farm-reared children compared with those who are rural but not farm-reared. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 115 : 67 73.
17. Simpson A, Custovic A. Pets and the development of allergic sensitization. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2005 5 : 212 20
18. Chen CM, Rzehak P, Zutavern A, Fahlbusch B, Bischof W, Herbarth O et al., LISA Study Group. Longitudinal study on cat allergen exposure and the development of allergy in young children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007 119 : 1148 55.
19. Lau S, Illi S, Sommerfeld C, Niggemann B, Bergmann R, von Mutius E, et al. Early exposure to house-dust mite and cat allergens and development of childhood asthma: a cohort study. Multicentre Allergy Study Group. Lancet 2000 356 : 1392 7.
20. Gustafsson D, Andersson K. Effect of indoor environmental factors on development of atopic symptoms in children followed up to 4 years of age. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2004 18 : 17 25.
21. Oberle D, von Mutius E, von Kries R. Childhood asthma and continuous exposure to cats since the first year of life with cats allowed in the child's bedroom. Allergy 2003 58 : 1033 6.
22. Sandin A, Bjorksten B, Braback L. Development of atopy and wheezing symptoms in relation to heredity and early pet keeping in a Swedish birth cohort. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2004 15 : 316 22.
23. Brussee JE, Smit HA, van Strien RT, Corver K, Kerkhof M, Wijga AH, et al. Allergen exposure in infancy and the development of sensitization, wheeze, and asthma at 4 years. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 115 : 946 52.
24. Eder W, von Mutius E. Hygiene hypothesis and endotoxin: what is the evidence? Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 4 : 113 17.
25. von Mutius E. Environmental factors influencing the development and progression of pediatric asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002 109 : S525 32.
26. Sherriff A, Golding J, Alspac Study Team. Hygiene levels in a contemporary population cohort are associated with wheezing and atopic eczema in preschool infants. Arch Dis Child 2002 87 : 26 9.
27. Canadian Paediatric Society. Recommendations for the use of pacifiers. Paediatr Child Health 2003 8 : 515 19.
28. Mattos-Graner RO, de Moraes AB, Rontani RM, Birman EG. Relation of oral yeast infection in Brazilian infants and use of a pacifier. ASDC J Dent Child 2001 68 : 33 6.
29. Darwazeh AM, al-Bashir A. Oral candidal flora in healthy infants. J Oral Pathol Med 1995 24 : 361 4.
30. Ollila P, Niemela M, Uhari M, Larmas M. Risk factors for colonization of salivary lactobacilli and Candida in children. Acta Odontol Scand 1997 55 : 9 13.
31. Tomasi E, Victora CG, Post PR, Olinto MT, Behague D. The use of pacifiers in children: fecal contamination and association with diarrhea. Rev Saude Publica 1994 28 : 373 9.
32. Brook I, Gober AE. Bacterial colonization of pacifiers of infants with acute otitis media. J Laryngol Otol 1997 111 : 614 5.
33. Goksor E, Amark M, Alm B, Gustafsson PM, Wennergren G. Asthma symptoms in early childhood-what happens then? Acta Paediatr 2006 95 : 471 8.
34. Stein RT, Martinez FD. Asthma phenotypes in childhood: lessons from an epidemiological approach. Paediatr Respir Rev 2004 5 : 155 61.