Fruitful or unfruitful: strawberry and tomato specific immunoglobulin E testing at a tertiary pediatric center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suspected strawberry and tomato (S/T) food allergy (FA) can be evaluated using specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) testing despite its low specificity and positive predictive value.

Objective

This study aims to understand ordering patterns for S/T sIgE testing and identify relevant factors to clinical decision-making.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 814 patients with sIgE testing available for strawberries (651), tomatoes (276), or both (113) from January 2012 to May 2022 at a tertiary pediatric hospital. Patient demographics, provider specialty, and reasons for testing were collected. Student's t-test and multiple regression analyses were performed to test the association between the S/T sIgE level and clinically relevant outcome (CRO) status. Fish

SUBMITTER: Chong AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10613731 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature