Healthy infants
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Infants fulfilling all of the following criteria: 1) Whose gestational age was 37 weeks or older. 2) Whose birth weight was 2300g or more. 3) Who are under 2 months of age at time of recruitment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Infants fulfilling or suspected to fulfill any of the following criteria: 1) With immune deficiency. 2) With a severe congenital disorder. 3) With a disorder which affects the introduction timing of complementary feeding, like a neuromuscular disease. 4) With skin abnormality which affects determination of infantile eczema.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Positive rate of specific IgE to egg white at the age of 12 and 36 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At the age of 12 months: -positive rate of specific IgE to ovomucoid, cow's milk and casein -value of specific IgE to egg white, ovomucoid, cow's milk and casein -value of specific IgG4 to egg white, ovomucoid and casein -value of non-specific IgE -prevalence rate of eczema with medical determination In 12 months of life: -incidence rate of immediate food allergy reaction At the age of 36 months: -positive rate of specific IgE to ovomucoid, cow's milk, casein, Japanese cedar and mite -value of specific IgE to egg white, ovomucoid, cow's milk, casein, Japanese cedar and mite -value of specific IgG4 to egg white, ovomucoid and casein -value of non-specific IgE -prevalence rate of asthma, allergic rhino-conjunctivitis and atopic dermatitis In 36 months of life: -incidence rate of immediate food allergy reaction | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
National Hospital Organization Nagoya Medical Center Division of Pediatrics