ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00340.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Asthma and atopic illness account for a substantial burden of social morbidity. The purpose of this brief report will be to provide an overview of the different dimensions to the socio‐economic burden of asthma and other atopic diseases and suggest areas where future research in this area may advance our understanding of the impact of various treatment strategies of these diseases. While there are occasional studies which describe the full dimensions of this social and economic burden, more studies are needed to complete our understanding of this burden especially studies that investigate the relative cost‐effectiveness of medical and non‐medical interventions. These studies will provide the infrastructure to rationally examine the optimal cost‐effective strategies for these illnesses. In particular economic studies are needed to examine how best to balance resource expenditures for preventive versus pharmacologic control. Use of health economic methods will provide insights into the most efficient design and implementation of current disease control, with potentially concomitant reductions in costs and social burden for atopic illnesses, including

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00341.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00342.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00343.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00344.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00345.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00346.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The relationship between early solid feeding in the first four months and risks of eczema in childhood was examined in a birth cohort of 1265 children studied to the age of 10 years. The major findings of this analysis were: 1) children exposed to a diverse solid food diet during their first four months had risks of eczema in early childhood which were about 1.6 times those of children who were not introduced to solid food by age four months. These associations persisted when a range of confounding factors (including family history of atopic disease, infant milk diet (breast/bottle) and family social background factors) were taken into account. 2) Similar associations between early infant diet and risks of chronic and recurrent eczema up to the age of ten years were also found. It was estimated that after adjustment for confounding factors, children exposed to an early diverse solid food diet had risks of eczema which were over 2.5 times those of children not introduced to solid feeding. These results are generally consistent with the hypothesis that early exposure to a diverse solid food diet may increase risks of eczema in children who are susceptible to this condition.

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00347.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00348.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0905-6157    

DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3038.1994.tb00349.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY