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ArticlePloS one2016

Food-Related Symptoms and Food Allergy in Swedish Children from Early Life to Adolescence.

Jennifer L P Protudjer, Mirja Vetander, Inger Kull, Gunilla Hedlin, Marianne van Hage, Magnus Wickman, Anna Bergström

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer L P ProtudjerInstitute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mirja VetanderInstitute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Inger KullInstitute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Gunilla HedlinCentre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Marianne van HageCentre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Magnus WickmanInstitute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna BergströmInstitute of Environmental Medicine and Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEStockholm South General Hospital · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRisk factors for persistence of food-related symptoms (FRS) and food allergy (FA) from early life to adolescence are incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for FRS and FA in adolescence amongst children with FRS or FA in the first four years of life (early life).

methodsIn children enrolled in a Swedish birth cohort and followed to 16 years (n = 2572), we defined children with early life FRS in the absence of FA, and FA. Corresponding phenotypes were defined at 16 years. Associations between potential risk factors at 4 years and FRS and FA at 16 years were investigated using logistic regression.

resultsEarly life FRS and FA prevalences were 12.2% and 6.8%, respectively. Amongst children with early life FRS, 35.7% had FRS or FA at 16 years, whereas 74.3% of the children with early life FA had FA at 16 years. For each of the early life phenotypes, parental allergy, early life allergic multimorbidity, early life reactions to peanuts/tree nuts and IgE reactivity at 4 years were statistically significantly associated with FRS or FA at 16 years. In contrast, male sex was associated with an increased risk of FA at 16 years among children with early life FA only.

conclusionsIn early life, food-related symptoms are twice as common as food allergy. Unlike food allergy, food-related symptoms often remit by adolescence. Yet, these phenotypes have many common risk factors for persistence to adolescence.

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