title: [Role of dietary prevention in newborns at risk for atopy. Results of a follow-up study].
abstract: The Authors have studied the role of various preventing diet for a primary prophylaxis of allergy in 125 newborns at risk of atopy: 30 exclusively breast-fed, 50 hypoallergenic milk fed, 30 soy milk fed, and 15 with conventional milk formula. IgE values were determined at 5 days, 6 months, and 12 months of age, IgE values at 5 days were compared to newborns not at atopic risk. The clinical follow-up lasted 4 years. Total IgE values at 5 days were significantly higher in new-born at atopic risk. Only breast-feeding subjects had IgE normal values at six months. Allergic symptoms were observed in 14% of infants with a guided diet and in 53% of infants with a conventional diet. Breast fed subjects had atopic disorders in only 8% of cases, subjects with hypoallergenic formula in 12% while soja milk fed in 25%. The Authors stress the role of breast feeding in preventing allergic disorders in subjects at atopic risk or, when human milk misses, of a hypoallergenic formula, more than soy milk and conventional formula and confirm the possibility of diet and ambiental prophylaxis of allergy.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica II, Università di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Agata
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Betta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Praticò
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curreri
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Quattrocchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sciacca
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Ruolo della prevenzione dietetica nei neonati a rischio per atopia. Risultati del follow-up.