Fish Consumption at One Year of Age Reduces the Risk of Eczema, Asthma and Wheeze at Six Years of Age

Background: The role of dietary fish and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-PUFAs) in the primary prevention of allergic diseases remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between the consumption of fish and cod liver oil (rich in n-PUFAs) from pregnancy to the first two years of life, and parental reported allergic diseases at six years of age. Methods: We used data from the Prevention of Allergy among Children in Trondheim study and included mother-infant pairs who had submitted questionnaires detailing both maternal or infant diet and allergic disease at six years of age. Results: Eating fish at least once a week at one year of age was associated with a 28–34% reduction in the odds of current eczema, asthma, and wheeze at six years of age. Cod liver oil consumption at least four times per week at one year of age tended to be associated with a lower risk of allergy-related outcomes at six years. We found no consistent associations between allergy-related outcomes and fish or cod liver oil consumption by mothers. Conclusion: The preventive effect of fish consumption is best achieved by increasing dietary fish in the first year of life.

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Fish Consumption During the First Year of Life and Development of Allergic Diseases During Childhood

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2007-0846m ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 120 (Supplement 3) ◽

pp. S109.2-S109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kirsi M. Jarvinen ◽

Scott H. Sicherer

Keyword(s):

Fish Consumption ◽

Allergic Diseases ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Of Life

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Fish consumption during the first year of life and development of allergic diseases during childhood

Allergy ◽

10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01115.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 61 (8) ◽

pp. 1009-1015 ◽

Cited By ~ 164

Author(s):

I. Kull ◽

A. Bergstrom ◽

G. Lilja ◽

G. Pershagen ◽

M. Wickman

Keyword(s):

Fish Consumption ◽

Allergic Diseases ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Of Life

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Teething Symptoms in the First Year of Life and Associated Factors: A Cohort Study

Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry ◽

10.17796/jcpd.34.3.h318882h52616225 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 201-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Carlos Alberto Feldens ◽

Italo Medeiros Faraco Junior ◽

Andréia Bertani Ottoni ◽

Eliane Gerson Feldens ◽

Márcia Regina Vítolo

Keyword(s):

Associated Factors ◽

Primary Outcome ◽

First Year ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Self Medication ◽

Nuclear Families ◽

Dental Examination ◽

Pediatric Dentists ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life

Objective: To investigate the occurrence and management of teething symptoms during the first year of life and associated factors. Study design: 500 children were recruited at birth. Research assessments including structured interviews, anthropometric measurements and dental examination were carried out after birth, at 6 months and at one-year of age. The primary outcome of this study was defined as the occurrence of one or more teething symptoms within the first year of life, as reported by the mother. Results: Teething symptoms were reported in 73% of the children analyzed (273/375). The symptoms most frequently reported were irritability (40.5%), fever (38.9%), diarrhoea (36.0%) and itching (33.6%). Dentists had little influence on the management of symptoms and self-medication to relieve them was a common practice. The risk of reporting teething symptoms was higher for children from nuclear families (p=0.040) and for children from families with higher income (p=0.040). Conclusions: Teething symptoms were highly reported in this population. Pediatric dentists should be accessible and provide adequate orientation when symptoms can be managed at home or immediate referral to health services when more serious diseases are suspected.

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ADENOVIRUS COMPLEMENT-FIXING ANTIBODY TITERS FROM BIRTH THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.32.4.497 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 497-500

Author(s):

Rosa Lee Nemir ◽

Donna O'Hare ◽

Stanley Goldstein ◽

Charles B. Hilton

Keyword(s):

Cytopathic Effect ◽

Gradual Increase ◽

Newborn Infants ◽

First Year ◽

Placental Barrier ◽

Culture Studies ◽

Antibody Titers ◽

Level 1 ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life

Complement fixing antibody titers to the adenoviruses were determined in 251 newborn infants, using cord blood. Approximately 95% of these were found to have CF titers of 1:16 or over, the majority (75%) were 1:32 or more. Material from the pharyngeal and rectal swabs of these infants on tissue culture studies (542) on HeLa and amnion cells showed no cytopathic effect in oven 96% of these infants. A longitudinal study of 114 of these infants was made at 3 months intervals; 67 have been observed for one year. At 3 months, only 12% still showed CF antibody titers, and these were chiefly at a low level, 1:16. At the subsequent 3-month interval observations, a gradual rise in CF antibodies were found. At one year of age, approximately 37% had titers of 1:32 on over. The findings of this report support the statement that CF antibodies to adenovirus pass the placental barrier. There is a gradual increase in the percentage of infants with positive CF antibodies after 3 months.

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In congenital hypothyroidism bone maturation at birth may be a predictive factor of psychomotor development during the first Year of life irrespective of other variables related to treatment

Acta Endocrinologica ◽

10.1530/eje.0.1490001 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

M Wasniewska ◽

F De Luca ◽

A Cassio ◽

N Oggiaro ◽

P Gianino ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Congenital Hypothyroidism ◽

Psychomotor Development ◽

First Year ◽

X Rays ◽

Bone Maturation ◽

Gestation Age ◽

Group A ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Tsh Levels

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate in a cohort of infants with congenital hypothyroidism (CH): (a) the frequency of bone maturation (BM) retardation at birth and (b) whether BM delay at birth may be considered as a tool to make a prognosis of psychomotor status at the age of 1 Year, irrespective of other variables related to treatment. DESIGN: BM at birth, CH severity and developmental quotient (DQ) at the age of 1 Year were retrospectively evaluated in 192 CH infants selected by the following inclusion criteria: (a) gestation age ranging between 38 and 42 weeks; (b) onset of therapy within the first Month of life; (c) initial thyroxine (l-T(4)) dosage ranging from 10 to 12 microg/kg/day; (d) normalization of serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels before the age of 3 Months; (e) Monthly adjustments of l-T(4) dose during the first Year of life with serum TSH levels ranging from 0.5 to 4 mIU/l; (f) no major diseases and/or physical handicaps associated with CH; (g) availability of both thyroid scanning and knee X-rays at the time of treatment initiation; (h) availability of DQ assessment at an average age of 12 Months. METHODS: BM was considered normal if the distal femur bony nucleus diameter exceeded 3 mm (group A) or retarded if either this nucleus was absent (subgroup B1) or its diameter was <3 mm (subgroup B2). DQ was evaluated with the Brunet-Lezine test. RESULTS: In 44.3% of cases BM was either delayed (23.5%) or severely delayed (20.8%). The risk of BM retardation was higher in the patients with athyreosis than in the remaining patients (41/57 vs 44/135, chi(2)=25.13, P<0.005). BM-retarded infants showed a more severe biochemical picture of CH at birth and a lower DQ at the age of one Year compared with the group A patients. If compared with infants of subgroup B2 those of subgroup B1 exhibited significantly lower T(4) levels at birth and a more frequent association with athyreosis (70.0 vs 30.0%; chi(2)=7.49, P<0.01), whereas DQ was superimposable in both subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: (a) BM at birth is delayed in almost half of CH patients and (b) CH severity per se can affect DQ at the age of 1 Year irrespective of other variables related to therapy.

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HEMATOPOIESIS IN PREMATURE INFANTS WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECT OF IRON AND OF ANIMAL-PROTEIN FACTOR

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.16.6.753 ◽

1955 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 753-762

Author(s):

James A. Wolff ◽

Alice M. Goodfellow

Keyword(s):

Premature Infants ◽

Animal Protein ◽

Iron Therapy ◽

First Year ◽

Protein Factor ◽

Anemia Of Prematurity ◽

Significant Difference ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Weight Groups

Normal values in the first 3 months of life have been determined for hemoglobin, erythrocytes, reticulocytes, platelets, leukocytes and differential counts for premature infants with birth weights less than 1200 gm., and for those between 1200 and 1500 gm. at birth. No significant difference was found in the degree of depression of levels of hemoglobin and erythrocytes when values in the 2 weight groups were compared. Two reticulocyte peaks occur during the first 3 months of life. The first peak is present immediately after birth. The second peak, at about the eighth week, coincides with the occurrence of the greatest degree of anemia. Neither iron therapy nor treatment with animal-protein factor containing vitamin B12 and Aureomycin®, started before the end of the third week of life, had a statistically significant effect on the early phase of the anemia of prematurity. Untreated premature infants and those given animal-protein factor were anemic at the end of the first year of life. Subjects given iron therapy had normal hemoglobin values at one year of age. Blood transfusion is rarely necessary in the treatment of the anemia of prematurity.

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On the importance of psychological factors in allergic diseases in children

Kazan medical journal ◽

10.17816/kazmj66728 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 219-221

Author(s):

I. S. Aron ◽

A. M. Potemkin

Keyword(s):

Allergic Disease ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Allergic Diseases ◽

First Year ◽

Childhood Diseases ◽

Treatment And Prevention ◽

Prevention And Treatment ◽

First Year Of Life

Allergic diseases account for 20-25% in the overall structure of all morbidity in Russia [5]. The problem of prevention and treatment of allergic diseases in children is especially urgent, because allergic diseases occupy a leading place in the structure of childhood diseases. According to A.M. Potemkina, treatment and prevention of allergic diseases in children are most effective in the first three years of life. In children of the first year of life, monoallergy prevails, that is, one allergic disease (85%).

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Being born to a single mother in France: trajectories of father’s involvement over the first year of life

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies ◽

10.1332/175795919x15720984151059 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 123-149

Author(s):

Ariane Pailhé ◽

Lidia Panico ◽

Marieke Heers

Keyword(s):

Father Involvement ◽

Single Mother ◽

First Year ◽

Parental Relationships ◽

Father Engagement ◽

Child Involvement ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

Representative Cohort

This paper characterises families where the father is not living (or not living permanently) with the child from around birth, and identifies the drivers of the evolution of father contact over the first year of life across different types of household. We use a recent, nationally representative cohort of children born in France in 2011, Elfe (the Etude longitudinale française depuis l’enfance), and latent clustering techniques to identify different groups of households characterised by non-residential fatherhood. We show that non-residential fatherhood from around birth is not a marginal phenomenon in France, and it corresponds to a heterogeneity of situations, describing both advantaged and low involvement fathers, as well less disadvantaged but involved groups. Over the first year of life, most non-resident fathers managed to keep in contact with their child, including relatively disadvantaged groups such as migrant and young parents, although groups characterised by low father involvement shortly after birth lost contact. On the other hand, among a group of very involved non-resident fathers who were in a relationship with the mother, we observed high levels of contact and indeed co-residence when the child was one year of age. A number of channels emerged to explain the correlations between our latent groups and father contact at one year: notably, father engagement around birth, especially whether the father formally recognised the child. Trajectories of father–child involvement and of parental relationships are therefore at least as important as socio-economic conditions to understand future father contact.

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Complementary feeding patterns in the first year of life in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: time trends from 1998 to 2008

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/0102-311x00120013 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (8) ◽

pp. 1755-1764 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Daniel Alves de Oliveira ◽

Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro ◽

Patricia Constante Jaime

Keyword(s):

Time Trends ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Complementary Feeding ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

First Year ◽

Significant Downward Trend ◽

One Year ◽

First Year Of Life ◽

The City

This study aimed to analyze time trends in complementary feeding practices among children under one year of age in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1998 to 2008. Based on comparable questions on food consumption in five surveys conducted in representative randomized samples of children in 1998 (n = 3,762), 2000 (n = 3,670), 2003 (n = 4,305), 2006 (n = 3,686), and 2008 (n = 2,621), 16 complementary feeding indicators were constructed. The percentage frequency of all indicators was estimated for each year of the study. Linear trend analyses were also conducted by means of multivariate regression models. All indicators of early complementary feeding decreased from 1998 to 2008. In the 6-11.9 month age group, there was a significant downward trend in the proportion of children receiving food with adequate consistency for their age, consumption of iron-rich foods, and overall adequacy of the diet. A significant upward trend in fruit consumption was observed. There was a decrease in the early complementary feeding, and generally a worsening of complementary feeding practices in children aged 6-11.9 months in Rio de Janeiro during the period studied.

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Acute Bronchiolitis: Is There a Role for Lung Ultrasound?

Diagnostics ◽

10.3390/diagnostics9040172 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 172 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Di Mauro ◽

Ammirabile ◽

Quercia ◽

Panza ◽

Capozza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Clinical Management ◽

Lung Ultrasound ◽

Ultrasound Examination ◽

Diagnostic Algorithm ◽

Current Evidence ◽

Radiographic Examination ◽

First Year ◽

Pubmed Database ◽

First Year Of Life

Introduction: Viral bronchiolitis is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infection in the first year of life, considered a health burden because of its morbidity and costs. Its diagnosis is based on history and physical examination and the role of radiographic examination is limited to atypical cases. Thus far, Lung Ultrasound (LUS) is not considered in the diagnostic algorithm for bronchiolitis. Methods: PubMed database was searched for trials reporting on lung ultrasound examination and involving infants with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis. Results: Eight studies were suitable. Conclusions: This review analyzed the current evidence about the potential usefulness of LUS in the clinical management of bronchiolitis. Literature supports a peculiar role of LUS in the evaluation of the affected children, considering it as a reliable imaging test that could benefit the clinical management of bronchiolitis.

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