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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2024

Advancing Understanding of Childhood Asthma: Lessons Learned from Birth Cohort Studies.

Yuhan Xing, Xinmeng Yang, Zhaoyinqian Li, Qiyuan Zou, Ping Yang, Qinzheng Wang, Wei Ni, Dongze Wu, Guoju Li

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Early Origins of Asthma and Allergies: Clues From Studies in China.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuhan Xing *School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518107, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-5101
Xinmeng Yang *Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Zhaoyinqian Li *Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Qiyuan ZouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Ping YangQingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Qinzheng WangQingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Wei NiQingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Dongze WuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. dongze_wu@163.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5571-8728
Guoju LiQingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China. liguojuhaha@126.com.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNChildren's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82300031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma and allergies are some of the most common chronic disorders affecting children, the prevalence of which has been increasing in countries and regions undergoing rapid development like China. To curb the rising tide of allergies and safeguard the health of future generations, it is of critical importance to understand how asthma inception is influenced by factors acting at different life stages. Birth cohorts represent a powerful tool to investigate the temporal sequence of exposures along the natural course of asthma. We examined recent evidence on birth cohort studies of asthma and allergic diseases and evaluated their strengths and weaknesses. Essential elements for a successful birth cohort are proposed to further elucidate asthma etiology and pathogenies. Initiating new cohorts in understudied populations with the application of advanced analytical approaches will be needed. Moreover, fostering collaborative networks using standardized methodologies should be prioritized to enable integration of findings across diverse cohorts. There remains an urgent and unmet need to further translate the seminal findings from asthma birth cohort studies into targeted primary prevention strategies to eradicate the disease.

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AsthmaHypersensitivityChildCohort StudiesHumansPrevalenceRisk FactorsAllergyAsthmaBirth cohortChildChinaRural

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PMID38324179
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