Dietary intake and risk of asthma in children and adults: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Vanessa Garcia-Larsen; Stefano R Del Giacco; André Moreira; Matteo Bonini; Tari Haahtela; Sergio Bonini; Kai-Håkon Carlsen; Ioana Agache; João Fonseca; Nikolaos G Papadopoulos; Luís Delgado

doi:10.1186/s13601-016-0106-y

Dietary intake and risk of asthma in children and adults: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Clin Transl Allergy. 2016 Apr 28:6:17. doi: 10.1186/s13601-016-0106-y. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Epidemiology, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health Group, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6LR UK.
² Department of Medical Sciences "M Aresu", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto and Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Lung Function Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy ; National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁵ Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ European Medicines Agency, London, UK ; Second University of Naples and IFT-CNR, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medicine and Allergology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania.
⁹ Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, and CINTESIS (Centre for Health Technology and Services Research), University of Porto and Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal.
¹⁰ Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK ; Allergy Department, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Background: Diet has been proposed to modulate the risk of asthma in children and adults. An increasing body of epidemiological studies have been published in the last year investigating the association between dietary intake and asthma. As part of the Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Task Force on 'Lifestyle Interventions in Allergy and Asthma' funded by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, we will use a systematic approach to review the evidence from published scientific literature on dietary intake and asthma in children and adults.

Methods: This systematic review will be carried out following the PRISMA guidelines. The protocol has been published in PROSPERO (CRD42016036078). We will review the evidence from epidemiological studies in children (from the age of 2 years) and adults and dietary intake of foods and nutrients.

Discussion: The findings from this review will be used as a reference to inform guideline recommendations.

Keywords: Adults; Antioxidants; Asthma; Children; Diet; Nutrients; Systematic review; Wheeze.