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Study Year LOE Study design Study groups Type of exposure Conclusion a

No association with AR: prenatal (OR 0.7; 95% CI, 0.4–1.1), postnasal (OR 1.0; 95% CI, 0.6–1.7)

Yang et al. 542 2014 3b Cross-sectional 7389 schoolchildren (mean age 13.9 years, SD 0.9) Mold exposure during infancy No association with AR (OR 0.99; 95% CI, 0.8– 1.3) a

water damage on the same surface <0.2 m 2 ) during early infancy (average 7.5 months) Deng et al. 557 2016 3b Cross-sectional 2598 children (3–6 years old) attending kindergarten Prenatal (during the whole pregnancy) or

postnatal (from birth to the current) exposure to indoor mold or dampness

ORs are adjusted unless otherwise specified. AR = allergic rhinitis; BAMSE = Barn/Child Allergy Milieu Stockholm Epidemiology; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; LOE = level of evidence; OR = odds ratio; SD = standard deviation; SIDRIA-2 = Studi Italiani sui Disturbi Respiratori del l’Infanzia el Ambiente; SPT = skin prick test.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol . Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 June 10.