Parental-reported allergic disorders and emergency department presentations for allergy in the first five years of life; a longitudinal birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: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

SUBMITTER: Keijzers G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964731 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature