PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 4 April 1976, pp. 526-528
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Relationship of Allergy, Enuresis, and Urinary Infection in Children 4 to 7 Years of Age

Sharon Siegel M.D., Leslie Rawitt M.D., Burton Sokoloff M.D., and Bernard Siegel M.D.

A group of 234 children, 4 to 7 years old, in a middle- to upper-middle-class Caucasian population, were divided into four groups and matched for age and sex. Group 1 consisted of 50 children previously treated for urinary infection; control group 1 contained 55 well children; group 2 consisted of 69 children treated for respiratory allergy; and control group 2 contained 60 well children.

There was no statistical difference in persistent enuresis (night wetting every week), persistent day wetting (every week), allergy, or family history of enuresis, when group 1 and control group 1 were compared. A family history of urinary infection was higher (P < .05) in group 1.

There was no statistical difference in persistent enuresis, persistent day wetting, previous urinary infection, or family history of enuresis or urinary infection when group 2 and control group 2 were compared.

This study suggests that there is no relationship between respiratory allergy, enuresis, and urinary infection.

Submitted on March 24, 1975
Accepted on July 2, 1975