Objective sensitization algorithm validates parental report of food allergy in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The criterion standard to diagnose food allergy includes oral food challenge, which is expensive, carries some risk, and is often not feasible in large research cohort studies. Data regarding subjective food allergy screening tools such as parental report of physician-diagnosed food allergy have not been validated.

Objective

We sought to determine the level of agreement between parental report of physician-diagnosed food allergy and a food allergy algorithm diagnostic tool that uses objective sensitization markers in children.

Methods

We utilized longitudinal data that were collected from the Mechanisms of Progression of Atopic Dermatitis to Asthma in Children (MPAACH) early-life cohort over 4 annual visits to determine the association between parental repo

SUBMITTER: Sherenian MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329110 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature