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  • Title: Correlation between early neonatal diet and atopic symptoms up to 5-7 years of age in very low birth weight infants: follow-up of randomized, double-blind study.
    Author: Kwinta P, Sawiec P, Klimek M, Lis G, Cichocka-Jarosz E, Pietrzyk JJ.
    Journal: Pediatr Allergy Immunol; 2009 Aug; 20(5):458-66. PubMed ID: 19490477.
    Abstract:
    The influence of early feeding on the risk of atopic diseases has been studied in full-term newborns, not in very low birth weight infants (VLBW). The study evaluated effect of early feeding of VLBW infants with either cow's milk-based formula (CMF) or extensively hydrolyzed milk formula (HF) on incidence of atopic diseases and markers of atopy at 5-7 years of age. This was a follow-up of the randomized, double-blind study evaluating the influence of different enteral feeding protocols on the early morbidity of VLBW infants. In the original study 80 children were randomly allocated into 2 groups receiving during first month of life HF (experimental group) or CMF (control group). At the age of 5-7 years, 62 children among 74 available (84%) with mean birthweight 1124g were evaluated according to standardized ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) protocol. Total IgE level, specific IgE, lymphocyte CD4+CCR4+/CD4+CXCR3+ ratio and skin prick tests (SPT) were done. Prevalence of obvious allergic diseases was not significantly different between the studied groups (HF: 12/33; CMF: 6/29; RR [relative risk] HF vs CMF: 1.76; 95%CI [confidence interval]: 0.76-4.09). Comparison of atopic status across groups revealed similar rate of positive markers of atopy: IgE (RR: 2.57 95%CI: 0.91-8,08), SPT (RR: 5.13; 95%CI: 0.93-31.6), lymphocyte CD4+CCR4+/CD4+CXCR3+ ratio (OR: 2.32; 95%CI: 0.78-7.53) in the both studied groups. Based on the carried out follow-up study we were unable to confirm the usefulness of hydrolyzed formula in prevention of allergy in an unselected cohort of very low birth weight infants.
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