Table 3 Relationship between characteristics of the participants and food allergy or AD/eczema
At birth | Food allergy | p-value | AD/eczema | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 22) | No (n = 133) | Yes (n = 28) | No (n = 127) | |||
Vaginal delivery | 20 (15.4) | 110 (84.6) | 0.333§ | 23 (17.7) | 107 (82.3) | 0.784§ |
Parity: primipara | 14 (14.4) | 83 (85.6) | 0.912§ | 16 (16.5) | 81 (83.5) | 0.511§ |
Family history of AD† | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) | 0.002§ | 15 (35.7) | 27 (64.3) | < 0.001§ |
Both parents had AD | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | < 0.001§ | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 0.003§ |
Sex: male | 15 (17.9) | 69 (82.1) | 0.155§ | 22 (26.2) | 62 (73.8) | 0.004§ |
Gestational age (days) | 278.6 ± 8.2 | 275.6 ± 8.7 | 0.131|| | 276.3 ± 9.3 | 275.9 ± 8.6 | 0.826|| |
Birth weight (g) | 3090 ± 443 | 2963 ± 326 | 0.110|| | 3079 ± 410 | 2959 ± 328 | 0.096|| |
TEWL (g/m2/h): Face at 4 days of age‡ | 7.86 ± 2.68 | 7.03 ± 2.28 | 0.125|| | 6.87 ± 2.00 | 7.21 ± 2.42 | 0.489|| |
Complementary food started after 6 months of age (n = 153) | 17 (19.5) | 70 (80.5) | 0.037§ | 17 (19.5) | 70 (80.5) | 0.649§ |
TEWL (g/m2/h) at 1 month of age: Face‡ | 16.76 ± 7.16 | 11.87 ± 7.43 | 0.005|| | 15.03 ± 9.20 | 12.03 ± 7.08 | 0.056|| |
TEWL (g/m2/h) at 3 months of age: Face‡ | 23.48 ± 10.91 | 14.78 ± 7.21 | 0.001|| | 19.79 ± 10.47 | 15.19 ± 7.64 | 0.008|| |