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Assessment of Allergy to Milk, Egg, Cod, and Wheat in Swedish Schoolchildren: A Population Based Cohort Study.
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- Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Food Allergy: a Contemporary Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2022Review
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- Asthma and allergies correlate with mental health problems in preschool children.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2021Article
- Advances in the Relationships Between Cow's Milk Protein Allergy and Gut Microbiota in Infants.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-Mediated Food Allergy in Children: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Review
- Timing of Food Introduction and the Risk of Food Allergy.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Epidemiology of Cow's Milk Allergy.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Prevalence of food hypersensitivity in relation to IgE sensitisation to common food allergens among the general adult population in West Sweden.Clinical and translational allergy · 2019Article
- Parents' and caregivers' experiences and behaviours when eating out with children with a food hypersensitivity.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Health Related Quality of Life among schoolchildren aged 12-13 years in relation to food hypersensitivity phenotypes: a population-based study.Clinical and translational allergy · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesKnowledge about the prevalence of allergies to foods in childhood and adolescence is incomplete. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of allergies to milk, egg, cod, and wheat using reported data, clinical examinations, and double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges, and to describe the phenotypes of reported food hypersensitivity in a cohort of Swedish schoolchildren.
methodsIn a population-based cohort of 12-year-old children, the parents of 2612 (96% of invited) completed a questionnaire. Specific IgE antibodies to foods were analyzed in a random sample (n=695). Children reporting complete avoidance of milk, egg, cod, or wheat due to perceived hypersensitivity and without physician-diagnosed celiac disease were invited to undergo clinical examination that included specific IgE testing, a celiac screening test, and categorization into phenotypes of food hypersensitivity according to preset criteria. Children with possible food allergy were further evaluated with double-blind challenges.
resultsIn this cohort, the prevalence of reported food allergy to milk, egg, cod, or wheat was 4.8%. Food allergy was diagnosed in 1.4% of the children after clinical evaluation and in 0.6% following double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge. After clinical examination, children who completely avoided one or more essential foods due to perceived food hypersensitivity were categorized with the following phenotypes: allergy (29%), outgrown allergy (19%), lactose intolerance (40%), and unclear (12%).
conclusionsThere was a high discrepancy in the prevalence of allergy to milk, egg, cod and wheat as assessed by reported data, clinical evaluation, and double-blind food challenges. Food hypersensitivity phenotyping according to preset criteria was helpful for identifying children with food allergy.
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