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Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2014 Jul;6:e269. English.
Published online 2014 July 09. |
| Copyright © 2014 The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology • The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease |
Martín Bedolla-Barajas, 1 Tonatiuh Ramses Bedolla-Pulido,2 Alan Salvador Camacho-Peña,2 Estefanía González-García,3 and Jaime Morales-Romero4 |
| 1Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service, The "Dr. Juan I. Menchaca" Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México. |
| 2Guadalajara Lamar University. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. |
| 3UTEG University. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. |
| 4Public Health Institute, University of Veracruz. Xalapa, Veracruz, México. |
Correspondence to: Martín Bedolla-Barajas MD, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service, Division of Internal Medicine, The "Dr. Juan I. Menchaca" Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, 2330-301 Eulogio Parra, Las Américas, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44650, México. Tel: (+52) (33) 33-42-89-16; Fax: (+52) (33) 33-42-89-16;Email: drmbedbar@gmail.com
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Received September 28, 2013; Revised January 13, 2014; Accepted January 29, 2014.
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abstract
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Purpose
There is limited epidemiological evidence of food hypersensitivity (FH) in the adult population. We aimed to determine the prevalence of FH in Mexican adults, their clinical features and to establish common food involved in its appearance.
Methods
We designed a cross-sectional study using a fixed quota sampling; 1,126 subjects answered a structured survey to gather information related to FH.
Results
The prevalence of FH in adults was 16.7% (95% CI, 14.5% to 18.8%), without statistical significant differences related to gender (women, 17.5% and men, 15.9%) or residential location. The most common clinical manifestations in adults with FH were oral allergy syndrome (70 of 1,126) and urticaria (55 of 1,126). According to category, fruits and vegetables were the most frequent foods to trigger FH (6.12%) and were individually related to shrimp (4.0%), and cow milk (1.5%). Adults under age 25 had a higher frequency of FH (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.91, P -0.001). Personal history of any atopic disease was significantly associated with FH (P -0.0001).
Conclusions
The prevalence of FH is relatively high in Mexican adults, and FH is significantly associated with atopic diseases.
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Keywords: Food hypersensitivity, prevalence, adult, epidemiology, questionnaire.
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