Research objectives

This project aims to describe the natural history of the development of asthma between birth and 22 years, and to identify factors predictive of poor prognosis, particularly in relation to the development of asthma in adulthood. It will build upon an existing longitudinal birth cohort study of 100 children born to atopic parents that has already contributed substantially to the literature in this area. The project will follow up this cohort at the age of 22 years so that information on current clinical status, atopy, and lung function can be collected and analysed with respect to earlier information collected between birth and 5 years, and at 11 years. This project will help to give a clearer picture of how asthma and atopy develops through childhood and into adulthood, and gives clues to what type of interventions may be successful in preventing or delaying their development.

For further information contact

Dr Jeremy Cogswell
Consultant Paediatrician
Department of Paediatrics
Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Longfleet Road
Poole
Dorset, BH15 2JB

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