Prevalence of self-reported food allergy in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2010
EC McGowan, CA Keet - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2013 - jacionline.org
Repository at www. jacionline. org. In the 2 most recently published NHANES, 2007-2008
and 2009-2010, information on specific food allergies was collected by questionnaire. To
our knowledge, this is the first report of the overall prevalence of food allergy, the prevalence
of specific food allergies, and information on demographic characteristics and comorbidities
in both children and adults from this survey. For this analysis, the prevalence of self-reported
food allergy was assessed by a positive response to the question,''Do you have any food …
and 2009-2010, information on specific food allergies was collected by questionnaire. To
our knowledge, this is the first report of the overall prevalence of food allergy, the prevalence
of specific food allergies, and information on demographic characteristics and comorbidities
in both children and adults from this survey. For this analysis, the prevalence of self-reported
food allergy was assessed by a positive response to the question,''Do you have any food …