Eczema in early childhood increases the risk of allergic multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eczema in early childhood is associated with the development of subsequent allergic diseases, including food allergy (FA), asthma and hay fever. However, eczema has a heterogenous presentation regarding onset age and persistence, which may lead to different allergic outcomes during childhood/adolescence. Recently, sub-phenotypes of eczema have been suggested as predictors of allergic multimorbidity. Thus, we aimed to identify associations of eczema phenotypes with FA, asthma and hay fever during childhood/adolescence. Additionally, we described the trajectories of eczema, asthma and hay fever stratified by FA presence.

Methods

TRACKER (Trajectories of Allergy in Children in Real Life Databases) is a population-based cohort study of 6852 children/adolescents from t

SUBMITTER: Miltner LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11366446 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature