Holistic assessment
Participants in the study undergo a comprehensive series of investigations aimed at understanding what causes sensitization and food allergy to emerge in children (see the Methods section in this article's Online Repository).
Results
The EAT study recruited a cohort of 1303 three-month-old infants who were both geographically and demographically representative of the population of England and Wales (Table II).14, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 The prevalence of visible eczema at the 3-month enrollment visit was 24.4%, and filaggrin mutation carriage was 11.9%. Parental history of atopy (any eczema, asthma, or hay fever in either parent) affected 81.9% of the cohort.