Kenji Toyokuni, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Limin Yang, Kouhei Hagino, Daisuke Harama, Marei Omori, Yasuaki Matsumoto, Daichi Suzuki, Kotaro Umezawa, Kazuma Takada, Mami Shimada, Seiko Hirai, Fumi Ishikawa, Sayaka Hamaguchi, Mayako Saito-Abe, Miori Sato, Yumiko Miyaji, Shigenori Kabashima, Tatsuki Fukuie, Emiko Noguchi, Kohta Suzuki, Yukihiro Ohya
BACKGROUND: The association between pet exposure in infancy, early childhood eczema, and FLG mutations remains unclear. METHODS: This was a birth cohort study performed in Tokyo, Japan. The primary outcome was current eczema based on questionnaire responses collected repeatedly from birth to 5 years of age. Generalized estimating equations and generalized linear modeling were used to evaluate the association. RESULTS: Data from 1448 participants were used for analyses...
January 31, 2024: Allergology International: Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology