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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2013

Overview of evidence in prevention and aetiology of food allergy: a review of systematic reviews.

Caroline J Lodge, Katrina J Allen, Adrian J Lowe, Shyamali C Dharmage

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dietary factors during pregnancy and atopic outcomes in childhood: A systematic review from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2020
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  3. Recent Advances in Potential Health Benefits of Quercetin.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  7. Quercetin and Its Anti-Allergic Immune Response.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline J LodgeCentre for MEGA Epidemiology, the University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, Victoria 2010, Australia. s.dharmage@unimelb.edu.au.
Katrina J Allen
Adrian J Lowe
Shyamali C Dharmage
Royal Children's Hospital · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The worldwide prevalence of food allergy appears to be increasing. Early life environmental factors are implicated in the aetiology of this global epidemic. The largest burden of disease is in early childhood, where research efforts aimed at prevention have been focused. Evidence synthesis from good quality systematic reviews is needed. We performed an overview of systematic reviews concerning the prevention and aetiology of food allergy, retrieving 14 systematic reviews, which covered three broad topics: formula (hydrolysed or soy) for the prevention of food allergy or food sensitization; maternal and infant diet and dietary supplements for the prevention of food allergy or food sensitization and hygiene hypothesis-related interventions. Using the AMSTAR criteria for assessment of methodological quality, we found five reviews to be of high quality, seven of medium quality and two of low quality. Overall we found no compelling evidence that any of the interventions that had been systematically reviewed were related to the risk of food allergy. Updating of existing reviews, and production of new systematic reviews, are needed in areas where evidence is emerging for interventions and environmental associations. Furthermore, additional primary studies, with greater numbers of participants and objective food allergy definitions are urgently required.

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Systematic Reviews as TopicFood HypersensitivityHumansPrevalence

Identifiers

PMID24192789
PMCPMC3863871
OpenAlexW2069450557

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