title: [Results of a multicentric study for the prevention of atopic allergy. 48 months of follow up].
abstract: With the cooperation of 12 Maternity Hospitals we have started a prospective study to evaluate the effect of dietary and environmental measures in the development of atopic disease in "at risk" newborns. The preventive measures included: exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months of life, soy milk supplement when breast milk is not sufficient, elimination of house dust, no smoking in the house, etc. All infants were seen at the age of 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months and twice-a-year afterwards. 1213 babies have been enrolled. At the last follow-up of 48 months 531 children are 4 year old. The cumulative prevalence of atopic disease was 20%: 11 (2%) children developed atopic dermatitis, 69 (13%) asthma, 21 (4%) rinithis, 5 (1%) urticaria. The low prevalence of atopic disease and the trivial course of the allergic manifestations in the children who followed the preventive measures (78/444 = 18%) and the higher (28/87 = 32%) in these who did not (p < 0.01) stressed the importance of such manipulations for the prevention of atopy in "at risk" babies.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Giampietro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Businco
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Risultati di uno studio multicentrico per la prevenzione dell'atopia. 48 mesi di follow-up.