Does eczema in infancy cause hay fever, asthma, or both in childhood? Insights from a novel regression model of sibling data

John L Hopper; Quang M Bui; Bircan Erbas; Melanie C Matheson; Lyle C Gurrin; John A Burgess; Adrian J Lowe; Mark A Jenkins; Michael J Abramson; E Haydn Walters; Graham G Giles; Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal article

Does eczema in infancy cause hay fever, asthma, or both in childhood? Insights from a novel regression model of sibling data

John L Hopper, Quang M Bui, Bircan Erbas, Melanie C Matheson, Lyle C Gurrin, John A Burgess, Adrian J Lowe, Mark A Jenkins, Michael J Abramson, E Haydn Walters, Graham G Giles, Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | MOSBY-ELSEVIER | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.08.003

University of Melbourne Researchers

John Burgess Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Adrian Lowe Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Minh Bui Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was conducted under the auspices of the Tasmanian Asthma Foundation, which is funded by the Department of Health Services and run by the school medical officers and school health nurses. Data entry of the 1968 baseline study was supported by the Victorian Asthma Foundation. M.C.M., A.J.L., L.C.G., S.C.D., and J.L.H. are currently supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council as a Career Development Award (CDA) Fellow, Post-doctoral Fellow, CDA Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and Australia Fellow, respectively.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: M. J. Abramson has received research support from Pfizer. The rest of the authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.