Prevalence of challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy using population-based sampling and predetermined challenge criteria in infants

NJ Osborne, JJ Koplin, PE Martin, LC Gurrin… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several indicators suggest that food allergy in infants is common and
possibly increasing. Few studies have used oral food challenge to measure this
phenomenon at the population level. OBJECTIVE: To measure the prevalence of common
IgE-mediated childhood food allergies in a population-based sample of 12-month-old infants
by using predetermined food challenge criteria to measure outcomes. METHODS: A
sampling frame was used to select recruitment areas to attain a representative population …