Impaired health-related quality of life in adolescents with allergy to staple foods

Table 1 Descriptive allergy characteristics of adolescents with objectively-diagnosed staple food allergy

	n	%
Sex
Boys	40	69.0
Girls	18	31.0
Number of staple food allergies
1	36	62.1
2	18	31.0
3	4	6.9
Offending staple foods^a
Hen’s egg	46	79.3
Cow’s milk	29	50.0
Wheat	5	8.6
Participant-reported allergies to other foods^a
Tree nuts	35	60.3
Peanuts	31	53.4
Fruit	17	29.3
Vegetables	8	13.8
Fish	9	15.5
Shellfish	12	20.7
Soy	6	10.3
Sesame seeds	2	3.4
Number of offending foods^b
1	8	13.8
2	10	17.2
3	13	22.4
>3	27	46.6
Symptoms resulting from staple foods^a
Gastrointestinal	28	68.3
Dermatological	37	90.2
Oral cavity	32	39.0
Upper respiratory	16	39.0
Lower respiratory	39	95.1
Cardiovascular	11	26.8
Anaphylaxis	23	56.1
Concomitant allergic disease^c
None or one	11	19.0
Two or more	47	81.0

^aNot mutually exclusive
^bIncludes at least 1 objectively-diagnosed staple food, as well as any participant-reported allergies to other foods
^cAsthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and/or eczema

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