Personal and parental nativity as risk factors for food sensitization

CA Keet, RA Wood, EC Matsui - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Immigrants to developed countries have low rates of aeroallergen
sensitization and asthma, but less is known about both food allergy and the role of parental
immigration status. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the relationship between personal
and parental nativity and the risk of food sensitization. METHODS: Three thousand five
hundred fifty subjects less than 21 years old from the Nation Health and Examination Survey
2005-2006 were included. Odds ratios (ORs) were generated by using logistic regression …