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Investigating the effectiveness of the Mediterranean diet in pregnant women for the primary prevention of asthma and allergy in high-risk infants: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Dean A Sewell, Victoria S Hammersley, Graham Devereux, Ann Robertson, Andrew Stoddart, Chris Weir, Allison Worth, Aziz Sheikh

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Trials, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01634516 (An Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Mediterranean Diet in Pregnant Women at Risk of Developing Allergy in Their Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01634516 nacompletednot on this map

An Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Mediterranean Diet in Pregnant Women at Risk of Developing Allergy in Their Infants: Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHeriot-Watt UniversityRan2012 to 2014Enrolled30ConditionsAllergyArmsDietary support, No dietary support
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dean A SewellSchool of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK. d.a.sewell@hw.ac.uk
Victoria S Hammersley
Graham Devereux
Ann Robertson
Andrew Stoddart
Chris Weir
Allison Worth
Aziz Sheikh
University of Edinburgh · GBHeriot-Watt University · GBUniversity of Aberdeen · GBWestern General Hospital · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office CZG/2/558Medical Research Council G0800803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOver recent decades there has been a substantial increase in asthma and allergic disease especially in children. Given the high prevalence, and the associated high disease burden and costs, there is a need to identify effective strategies for the primary prevention of asthma and allergy. A recent systematic review of the literature found strong supportive epidemiological evidence for a protective role of the Mediterranean diet, which now needs to be confirmed through formal experimental studies. This pilot trial in pregnant women aims to establish recruitment, retention and acceptability of a dietary intervention, and to assess the likely impact of the intervention on adherence to a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy. METHODS/

designThis study was a pilot, two-arm, randomised controlled trial in a sample population of pregnant women at high risk of having a child who will develop asthma or allergic disease. DISCUSSION: The work ultimately aims to contribute to improving health outcomes through seeking to reduce the incidence of asthma and allergic problems. This pilot trial will prove invaluable in informing the subsequent planned large-scale, parallel group, randomised controlled trial.

Indexed as

Diet, MediterraneanPrenatal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaResearch DesignAsthmaClinical ProtocolsFemaleHumansHypersensitivityIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornPilot ProjectsPregnancyPrimary PreventionRisk AssessmentRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID23768094
PMCPMC3689051
OpenAlexW2152476895

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