title: Do parental smoking and history of allergy influence cord-serum IgE?
abstract: The associations between parental smoking habits during pregnancy, family history of allergy, and IgE levels in cord-serum IgE (cIgE) were investigated prospectively in 1251 infants. Mean cIgE levels were similar in infants with positive and negative family history of allergy (0.50 and 0.54 kU/l, respectively). In infants with a positive family history of allergy whose mothers smoked more than 10 cigarettes a day, however, the mean cIgE level was significantly higher (0.78 kU/l) than that in infants of nonsmoking mothers (p = 0.011). Similarly, the mean cIgE level was significantly higher in boys (0.61 kU/l) than in girls (0.51 kU/l) of nonsmoking parents (p = 0.03). However, in infants of smoking parents, there was no significant difference in the mean cIgE level between boys and girls. A total of 178 (14%) mothers and 477 (38%) fathers were current smokers, and in 128 (10%) cases, both parents were active smokers. The mean cIgE level tended to be slightly higher in infants of smoking mothers, especially when the mother consumed more than 10 cigarettes a day (0.63 vs 0.54 kU/l) (p > 0.05). Thus, cIgE levels were higher only in genetically prone babies whose mothers consumed more than 10 cigarettes a day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atici
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Altintaş
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Evliyaoğlu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evrüke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Güneşer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E