Allergy in day care children: Prevalence and environmental risk factors

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 817-822

  Hatakka, Katja ^a   Piirainen, Laura ^b   Pohjavuori, Sara ^a,b   Poussa, Tuija ^c   Savilahti, Erkki ^d   Korpela, Riitta ^a,b  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STAT Consulting   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic diseases; Breastfeeding; Children; Day care; Environmental factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 64149103338     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01198.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Björkstén B. The environmental influence on childhood asthma. Allergy 1999 54 : 17 23.
2. Kull I, Wickman M, Lilja G, Nordvall SL, Pershagen G. Breast feeding and allergic diseases in infants - a prospective birth cohort study. Arch Dis Child 2002 87 : 478 81.
3. Kull I, Almqvist C, Lilja G, Pershagen G, Wickman M. Breast-feeding reduces the risk of asthma during the first 4 years of life. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004 114 : 755 60.
4. Kull I, Böhme M, Wahlgren CF, Nordvall L, Pershagen G, Wickman M. Breast-feeding reduces the risk for childhood eczema. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 116 : 657 61.
5. 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.
6. Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt R, Bogdanovich N, Sevkovskaya Z, et al. Effect of prolonged and exclusive breast feeding on risk of allergy and asthma: cluster randomised trial. BMJ 2007 335 : 815 20.
7. Sears MR, Greene JM, Willan AR, Taylor DR, Flannery EM, Cowan JO, et al. Long-term relation between breastfeeding and development of atopy and asthma in children and young adults: a longitudinal study. Lancet 2002 360 : 901 7.
8. Pesonen M, Kallio MJ, Ranki A, Siimes MA. Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding is associated with increased atopic dermatitis: a prospective follow-up study of unselected healthy newborns from birth to age 20 years. Clin Exp Allergy 2006 36 : 1011 8.
9. Matheson MC, Erbas B, Balasuriya A, Jenkins MA, Wharton CL, Tang ML. Breast-feeding and atopic disease: A cohort study from childhood to middle age. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007 120 : 1051 7.
10. Brunekreef B, Groot B, Hoek G. Pets, allergy and respiratory symptoms in children. Int J Epidemiol 1992 21 : 338 42.
11. Midodzi WK, Rowe BH, Majaesic CM, Senthilselvan A. Reduced risk of physician-diagnosed asthma among children dwelling in a farming environment. Respirology 2007 12 : 692 9.
12. Nystad W, Skrondal A, Magnus P. Day care attendance, recurrent respiratory tract infections and asthma. Int J Epidemiol 1999 28 : 882 7.
13. McKeever TM, Lewis SA, Smith C, Collins J, Heatlie H, Frischer M, et al. Siblings, multiple births, and the incidence of allergic disease: a birth cohort study using the West Midlands general practice research database. Thorax 2001 56 : 758 62.
14. Kilpi T, Kero J, Jokinen J, Syrjänen R, Takala AK, Hovi T, et al. Common respiratory infections early in life may reduce the risk of atopic dermatitis. Clin Infect Dis 2002 34 : 620 6.
15. Ball TM, Castro-Rodriguez JA, Griffith KA, Holberg CJ, Martinez FD, Wright AL. Siblings, day-care attendance, and the risk of asthma and wheezing during childhood. N Engl J Med 2000 343 : 538 43.
16. London SJ, James Gauderman W, Avol E, Rappaport EB, Peters JM. Family history and the risk of early-onset persistent, early-onset transient, and late-onset asthma. Epidemiology 2001 12 : 577 83.
17. Savilahti E, Tainio VM, Salmenperä L, Siimes MA, Perheentupa J. Prolonged exclusive breast feeding and heredity as determinants in infantile atopy. Arch Dis Child 1987 62 : 269 73.
18. Saarinen UM, Kajosaari M. Breastfeeding as prophylaxis against atopic disease: prospective follow-up study until 17 years old. Lancet 1995 346 : 1065 9.
19. Pöysä L, Korppi M, Pietikäinen M, Remes K, Juntunen-Backman K. Asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic eczema in Finnish children and adolescents. Allergy 1991 46 : 161 5.
20. Korhonen K, Reijonen TM, Malmström K, Klaukka T, Remes K, Korppi M. Hospitalization trends for paediatric asthma in eastern Finland: a 10-yr survey. Eur Respir J 2002 19 : 1035 9.
21. Zetterström R. Breastfeeding and infant-mother interaction. Acta Paediatr Suppl 1999 88 : 1 6.
22. Bertini G, Perugi S, Dani C, Pezzati M, Tronchin M, Rubaltelli FF. Maternal education and the incidence and duration of breast feeding: a prospective study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003 37 : 447 52.
23. Fredriksson P, Jaakkola N, Jaakkola JJ. Breastfeeding and childhood asthma: a six-year population-based cohort study. BMC Pediatr 2007 7 : 39 45.
24. Hsu JF, Guo YL, Liu CH, Hu SC, Wang JN, Liao PC. A comparison of PCDD/PCDFs exposure in infants via formula milk or breast milk feeding. Chemosphere 2007 66 : 311 9.
25. Patandin S, Weisglas-Kuperus N, de Ridder MA, Koopman-Esseboom C, van Staveren WA, Van Der Paauw CG, et al. Plasma polychlorinated biphenyl levels in Dutch preschool children either breast-fed or formula-fed during infancy. Am J Public Health 1997 87 : 1711 4.
26. Bråbäck L, Hedberg A. Perinatal risk factors for atopic disease in conscripts. Clin Exp Allergy 1998 28 : 936 42.
27. Bryan DL, Hart PH, Forsyth KD, Gibson RA. Immunomodulatory constituents of human milk change in response to infant bronchiolitis. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2007 18 : 495 502.
28. Martin R, Langa S, Reviriego C, Jimínez E, Marín ML, Xaus J, et al. Human milk is a source of lactic acid bacteria for the infant gut. J Pediatr 2003 143 : 754 8.
29. Snijders BE, Damoiseaux JG, Penders J, Kummeling I, Stelma FF, van Ree R, et al. Cytokines and soluble CD14 in breast milk in relation with atopic manifestations in mother and infant (KOALA Study). Clin Exp Allergy 2006 36 : 1609 15.
30. van Merode T, Maas T, Twellaar M, Kester A, van Schayck CP. Gender-specific differences in the prevention of asthma-like symptoms in high-risk infants. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2007 18 : 196 200.