The prevalence of food allergy and other allergic diseases in early childhood in a population-based study: HealthNuts age 4-year follow-up

RL Peters; JJ Koplin; LC Gurrin; SC Dharmage; M Wake; AL Ponsonby; MLK Tang; AJ Lowe; M Matheson; T Dwyer; KJ Allen

Journal article

The prevalence of food allergy and other allergic diseases in early childhood in a population-based study: HealthNuts age 4-year follow-up

RL Peters, JJ Koplin, LC Gurrin, SC Dharmage, M Wake, AL Ponsonby, MLK Tang, AJ Lowe, M Matheson, T Dwyer, KJ Allen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | MOSBY-ELSEVIER | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.019

Abstract

Background The HealthNuts study previously reported interim prevalence data showing the highest prevalence of challenge-confirmed food allergy in infants internationally. However, population-derived prevalence data on challenge-confirmed food allergy and other allergic diseases in preschool-aged children remain sparse. Objective This study aimed to report the updated prevalence of food allergy at age 1 year from the whole cohort, and to report the prevalence of food allergy, asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis at age 4 years. Methods HealthNuts is a population-based cohort study with baseline recruitment of 5276 one-year-old children who underwent skin prick test (SPT) to 4 food allergens ..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Rachel Peters Author

Lyle Gurrin Author

Shyamali Dharmage Author

Melissa Wake Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation, AnaphylaxiStop, the Charles and Sylvia Viertel Medical Research Foundation, the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program, and the NHMRC Centre for Food and Allergy Research. K.J.A., L.C.G., A.J.L., M.W., J.J.K., and S.C.D. hold NHMRC awards.