title: Relationship between birth weight or fetal growth rate and postnatal allergy: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize the best available evidence on the relationship between size at birth or fetal growth and postnatal allergy. Specifically, this review aims to assess evidence regarding relationships between absolute birth weight at term, birth weight corrected for gestational age, expressed as relative to population or customized growth data, or fetal growth measures and physician-diagnosed or parent- and self-reported postnatal clinical allergic disease (eczema/atopic dermatitis, hay fever/rhinitis, allergic asthma or anaphylaxis).The specific review question is: what is the association between the absolute birth weight at full-term or birth weight relative to population or customized data and corrected for gestational age or direct measures of fetal growth, and physician-diagnosed or parent- and self-reported clinical allergic disease (eczema/atopic dermatitis, hay fever/rhinitis, allergic asthma or anaphylaxis)?
authors.affiliation: 1Robinson Research Institute and School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit (VIRTU), Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wooldridge
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.forename: Helen S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gatford
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000209:etiology; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic