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Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood
BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases, such as allergies, are influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Perinatal determinants conceivably modify the epigenetic makeup of the developing fetal immune system preventing or predisposing the development of allergies. The aim of this study theref...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7477859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-020-00467-5 |
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author | Schäfer, Samuel Liu, Anthony Campbell, Dianne Nanan, Ralph |
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description | BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases, such as allergies, are influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Perinatal determinants conceivably modify the epigenetic makeup of the developing fetal immune system preventing or predisposing the development of allergies. The aim of this study therefore was to identify independent perinatal factors associated with allergic sensitization in childhood. METHODS: In a single center retrospective case-cohort study electronic obstetric medical records and available skin prick testing results of children were analyzed. For the analysis 286 skin prick test positive (sensitized) children [median (IQR): 3.47 (1.70–7.34) years] were compared with data from all remaining live births in the obstetric cohort (n = 66,583). RESULTS: Sensitized children more frequently had a mother born in Asia (19.1% vs. 10.2%; P < 10–6). Applying backward elimination logistic regression, seven out of 23 initially entered perinatal factors remained in the model. High maternal age (> 35 years; OR: 1.912; P < 0.001), male offspring sex (OR: 1.423; P < 0.01) and assisted conception (OR: 1.771; P < 0.05) increased the risk for allergic sensitization. In contrast, maternal smoking (OR: 0.469; P < 0.005), increasing parity (OR: 0.881; P < 0.05), maternal pre-pregnancy overweight (OR: 0.742; P < 0.005) and preterm birth (OR: 0.484; P < 0.05) decreased the risk for allergic sensitization. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to supporting previous findings, this study is first to report an increased risk of allergic sensitization after assisted conception. Beyond this finding’s potential implementation in preventative strategies, exploration of this association could further pathophysiological understanding of allergic disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-74778592020-09-09 Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood Schäfer, Samuel Liu, Anthony Campbell, Dianne Nanan, Ralph Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol Research BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases, such as allergies, are influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Perinatal determinants conceivably modify the epigenetic makeup of the developing fetal immune system preventing or predisposing the development of allergies. The aim of this study therefore was to identify independent perinatal factors associated with allergic sensitization in childhood. METHODS: In a single center retrospective case-cohort study electronic obstetric medical records and available skin prick testing results of children were analyzed. For the analysis 286 skin prick test positive (sensitized) children [median (IQR): 3.47 (1.70–7.34) years] were compared with data from all remaining live births in the obstetric cohort (n = 66,583). RESULTS: Sensitized children more frequently had a mother born in Asia (19.1% vs. 10.2%; P < 10–6). Applying backward elimination logistic regression, seven out of 23 initially entered perinatal factors remained in the model. High maternal age (> 35 years; OR: 1.912; P < 0.001), male offspring sex (OR: 1.423; P < 0.01) and assisted conception (OR: 1.771; P < 0.05) increased the risk for allergic sensitization. In contrast, maternal smoking (OR: 0.469; P < 0.005), increasing parity (OR: 0.881; P < 0.05), maternal pre-pregnancy overweight (OR: 0.742; P < 0.005) and preterm birth (OR: 0.484; P < 0.05) decreased the risk for allergic sensitization. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to supporting previous findings, this study is first to report an increased risk of allergic sensitization after assisted conception. Beyond this finding’s potential implementation in preventative strategies, exploration of this association could further pathophysiological understanding of allergic disease. BioMed Central 2020-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7477859/ /pubmed/32922456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-020-00467-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 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 in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Schäfer, Samuel Liu, Anthony Campbell, Dianne Nanan, Ralph Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title | Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title_full | Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title_fullStr | Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title_short | Analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
title_sort | analysis of maternal and perinatal determinants of allergic sensitization in childhood |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7477859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-020-00467-5 |
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