Bedding materials and early infant wheezing: A randomised controlled trial
This study does not support earlier observational studies that suggest higher rates of wheezing for children using synthetic bedding or lower rates for feather materials, at least for early childhood wheezing. Our study suggests that the explanation for the observational study findings may lie in selection bias, where the parents of at-risk children avoid feather bedding materials.
Authors
- Philippa Howden‐Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1529-6735)
- Michael Keall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1760-6159)
- Janice Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1049-0866)
- Robert Siebers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6359-3144)
- Cheryl Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5370-3485)
- Julian Crane
- Phillipa Barnes
- Caroline Halley
Institutions
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.70073
- Primary Topic
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- New Zealand Government