Open AccessEarly introduction of solid foods and the low prevalence of food allergy and atopic eczema among preterm children during the first year of life
Author(s) -
Yrjänä Jaakko,
Valkama Marita,
Kulmala Petri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-5-s3-o1
Subject(s) - medicine , atopic dermatitis , pediatrics , gestational age , population , food allergy , outpatient clinic , allergy , pregnancy , dermatology , immunology , environmental health , genetics , biology
Methods We aimed to study early nutrition, FA and AD in a retrospective study. All the preterm infants (<37 gestational weeks) born and having been regularly followed up at the Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital during the years 2008-2012 are included. 383 preterm infants were identified from the hospital patient registry. Followup data from outpatient clinic visits until the age of 1 year was available in 31/157 (20%) of preterm (33-37 gestational weeks), 136/177 (77%) of very preterm (28-32 gestational weeks) and 42/49 (86%) of extremely preterm (<28 gestational weeks) infants, and these 209 children were included in the analyses. The frequencies of FA and AD were compared to our survey on infants from the general population.