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Phenotyping asthma, rhinitis and eczema in MeDALL population-based birth cohorts: an allergic comorbidity cluster.
Allergy - 1 Aug 2015
Garcia-Aymerich J, Benet M, Saeys Y, Pinart M, Basagaña X, Smit H A, Siroux V, Just J, Momas I, Rancière F, Keil T, Hohmann C, Lau S, Wahn U, Heinrich J, Tischer C G, Fantini M P, Lenzi J, Porta D, Koppelman G H, Postma D S, Berdel D, Koletzko S, Kerkhof M, Gehring U, Wickman M, Melén E, Hallberg J, Bindslev-Jensen C, Eller E, Kull I, Lødrup Carlsen K C, Carlsen K-H, Lambrecht B N, Kogevinas M, Sunyer J, Kauffmann F, Bousquet J, Antó J M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma, rhinitis and eczema often co-occur in children, but their interrelationships at the population level have been poorly addressed. We assessed co-occurrence of childhood asthma, rhinitis and eczema using unsupervised statistical techniques. METHODS: We included 17 209 children at 4 years and 14 585 at 8 years from seven European population-based birth cohorts (MeDALL project). At each age...
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