1. Tree nut allergy, egg allergy, and asthma in children.
- Author
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Gaffin JM, Sheehan WJ, Morrill J, Cinar M, Borras Coughlin IM, Sawicki GS, Twarog FJ, Young MC, Schneider LC, and Phipatanakul W
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- Adolescent, Boston epidemiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cohort Studies, Comorbidity, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, Asthma epidemiology, Egg Hypersensitivity epidemiology, Nut Hypersensitivity epidemiology
- Abstract
Background: Children with food allergies often have concurrent asthma., Objective: The authors aimed to determine the prevalence of asthma in children with food allergies and the association of specific food allergies with asthma., Methods: Parental questionnaire data regarding food allergy, corroborated by allergic sensitization were completed for a cohort of 799 children with food allergies. Multivariate regression analysis tested the association between food allergy and reported asthma., Results: In this cohort, the prevalence of asthma was 45.6%. After adjusting for each food allergy, environmental allergies, and family history of asthma, children with egg allergy (odds ratio [OR] = 2.0; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-3.2; P < .01) or tree nut allergy (OR = 2.0; 95% CI = 1.1-3.6; P = .02) had significantly greater odds of report of asthma., Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of asthma in the food-allergic pediatric population. Egg and tree nut allergy are significantly associated with asthma, independent of other risk factors.
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- 2011
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