title: Cord Blood Soluble CD14 Predicts Wheeze and Prolonged Cough in Young Children: The PATCH Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Soluble cluster of differentiation 14 (sCD14) plays a role in the development and manifestation of atopic symptoms, although the results of previous studies have been inconclusive. The aim of this study is to evaluate the practical use of sCD14 as a predictive biomarker of allergy in young children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children aged 0-1 year from a birth cohort in the Prediction of Allergies in Taiwanese Children (PATCH) study were enrolled. Cord blood sCD14 concentrations were measured. Pediatrician evaluation and questionnaire interviews were performed periodically until 1 year of age to determine the children's allergic and respiratory symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and six 1-year-old subjects were enrolled. Wheeze was positively associated with cord blood sCD14, a family member with asthma and parental smoking. Prolonged cough was associated with cord blood sCD14, older maternal age and more siblings. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, cord blood sCD14 was the only independent predictive biomarker for wheeze and prolonged cough by 1 year of age. Every 100-ng/ml increase in cord blood sCD14 resulted in a 1.56-fold higher risk of developing wheeze and a 1.62-fold higher risk of prolonged cough in children by 1 year of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cord blood sCD14 may be a useful biomarker for predicting infant wheeze and prolonged cough by 1 year of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan (ROC).
authors.forename: Kuan-Wen
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yu-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Chih-Yung
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Yu-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Sui-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Li-Chen
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tsung-Chieh
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Liang-Shiou
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Wen-I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jing-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kuo-Wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D015897:Comorbidity; D003371:Cough / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011379:Prognosis; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D012372:ROC Curve; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors