Clinical and Translational Allergy

Table 2 Clinical characteristerics per food in patients with a probable food allergy (i.e. symptoms and specific IgE)

From: Food allergy in the Netherlands: differences in clinical severity, causative foods, sensitization and DBPCFC between community and outpatients

	Community													Outpatients
		Symptoms						Time interval				sIgE food	Birch IgE*		Symptoms						Time interval				sIgE food	Birch IgE*
	N	OAS (%)	skin (%)	GI (%)	Resp (%)	Cardio (%)	Anaph (%)	<5 min	5-30 min	30-120 min	>2 hrs	Median (Range)	(%)	N	OAS (%)	skin (%)	GI (%)	Resp (%)	Cardio (%)	Anaph (%)	<5 min	5-30 min	30-120 min	>2 hrs	Median (range)	(%)
Hazelnut	33	90.9	27.3	6.1	42.4	0	0	84.8	9.4	6.3	0	12.5 (0.47-74.99)	72.7	36	97.2	27.8	27.8	47.2	2.8	5.6	86.1	13.9	0	0	23.37 (0.65-196.54)	97.2
Peanut	3	66.7	33.3	33.3	33.3	0	0	50	50	0	0	2.63 (0.60-5.58)	100	27	88.9	59.3	29.6	48.1	0	0	77.8	22.2	0	0	2.21 (0.35-321.78)	85.2
Walnut	2	100	50	50	50	0	0	100	0	0	0	1.04 (0.51-1.58)	100	15	93.3	60	20	26.7	6.7	6.7	93.3	0	6.7	0	5.53 (0.36-27.56)	93.3
Apple	33	97	24.2	21.2	24.2	0	0	75.8	21.2	3	0	1.49 (0.37-21.18)	69.7	51	100	28	16	30	0	0	77.6	22.4	0	0	2.03 (0.42-31.19)	100
Peach	22	95.5	31.8	13.6	27.3	0	0	77.3	18.2	4.5	0	2.00 (0.53-12.91)	72.7	36	97.1	31.4	17.1	37.1	0	0	77.1	22.9	0	0	3.79 (0.59-44.56)	100
Kiwi	6	100	33.3	16.7	16.7	0	0	100	0	0	0	1.07 (0.40-11.21)	83.3	26	96.2	19.2	19.2	26.9	0	0	80	20	0	0	1.67 (0.35-152.57)	88.5
Cow’s milk	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	50	50	50	25	25	25	50	25	0	0	10.05 (0.43-34.12)	50
Hen’s egg	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	75	50	50	25	0	25	25	50	25	0	1.68 (0.40-3.04)	75

OAS = oral allergy symptoms, GI = gastro-intestinal, Resp = respiratory, cardio = cardiovascular, anaph = anaphylaxis.
*Birch sIgE = sIgE birch ≥0.35.

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