Acknowledgements
We thank the children, now adults, and their parents who participated in
the Odense 1985 birth cohort study, and all staff involved in the study
over the years. The study was supported by grants from A. J. Andersen og
Hustrus Fond, Kong Christian Den Tiendes Fond, Civilingeniør Frode
Nyegaard og hustrus Fond, Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond, Fonden til
Lægevidenskabens Fremme, Odense University Hospital, Phadia, Statens
Læge-videnskabelige Forskningsråd, and Chresten Otto Hansen og hustrus
fond.
v. Acknowledgements
We thank the children, now adults, and their parents who participated in
the Odense 1985 birth cohort study, and all staff involved in the study
over the years.
vi. Impact statement
This is the first longitudinal birth cohort study on children diagnosed
with cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) with follow-up in adulthood at 26
years of age. This study reports the recovery rate of CMPA until 26
years of age, as well as the prevalence of atopic diseases at 15 and 26
years of age in children diagnosed with CMPA during the first year of
life. Furthermore, the prevalence of atopic diseases amongst children
diagnosed with CMPA during the first year of life is compared to the
prevalence of the same diseases amongst a random sample of children from
the same birth cohort. The children diagnosed with CMPA show a higher
prevalence of astma/rhinoconjunctivitis and astma/atopic dermatitis at
15 and 26 years of age, respectively. This indicates that children who
are sensitised from an early age, have a higher risk of developing
and/or having persisting atopic diseases all the way into adulthood, and
not just into childhood and adolescence as reported in previous studies.
Data from follow up of the same birth cohort at 3 and 10 years has
previously been published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
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