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dc.contributor.authorKeijzers, Gerben
dc.contributor.authorSweeny, Amy
dc.contributor.authorCrilly, Julia
dc.contributor.authorGood, Norm
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Cate M
dc.contributor.authorMihala, Gabor
dc.contributor.authorScott, Rani
dc.contributor.authorScuffham, Paul A
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T13:04:20Z
dc.date.available2019-05-29T13:04:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1471-2431
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12887-018-1148-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/379865
dc.description.abstractBackground: To measure rates of parental-report of allergic disorders and ED presentations for allergic disorders in children, and to describe factors associated with either. Methods: An existing cohort of 3404 children born between 2006 and 2011 (Environments for Healthy Living) with prospectively collected pre-natal, perinatal and follow-up data were linked to i) nationwide Medicare and pharmaceutical data and ii) Emergency Department (ED) data from four hospitals in Australia. Parental-reported allergy was assessed in those who returned follow-up questionnaires. ED presentation was defined as any presentation for a suite of allergic disorders, excluding asthma. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression were used to descibe risk factors for both parental-reported allergy and ED presentation for an allergic disorder. Results: The incidence of parental-reported child allergy at 1, 3 and 5 years of age was 7.8, 7.8 and 12.6%, respectively. Independent predictors of parental-report of allergy in multivariate analysis were parental-report of asthma (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.4–3.4) or eczema (OR 4.3, 95% CI 3.1–6.1) and age > 6 months at introduction of solids (OR 1.3, 95% CI 1.0–1.7). Factors associated with ED presentations for allergy, which occurred in 3.6% of the cohort, were presence of maternal asthma (OR 2.3 95% CI:1.1, 4.9) and child born in spring (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1, 2.7). Conclusions: More than 10% of children up to 5 years have a parental-reported allergic disorder, and 3.6% presented to ED. Parental-report of eczema and/or asthma and late introduction of solids were predictors of parental-report of allergy. Spring birth and maternal asthma were predictors for ED presentation for allergy.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofchapter169
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto12
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMC Pediatrics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume18
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPaediatrics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReproductive medicine not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMidwifery
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3213
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode321599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4204
dc.titleParental-reported allergic disorders and emergency department presentations for allergy in the first five years of life; a longitudinal birth cohort
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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gro.griffith.authorCrilly, Julia
gro.griffith.authorScuffham, Paul A.


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