Prevalence and characteristics of peanut allergy in US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peanut allergy (PA) is the leading pediatric food allergy and a common cause of anaphylaxis. Little is known, however, on the prevalence and characteristics of PA in the adult population and whether phenotypic differences exist between adult-onset and childhood-onset PA.

Objectives

This study describes the current US population-level burden of adult PA.

Methods

A cross-sectional food allergy survey was administered via phone and web in 2015 and 2016, resulting in nationally representative complex-survey weighted data for 40,443 adults. Reported food allergies were considered "convincing" if symptoms to specific allergens were consistent with an IgE-mediated reaction.

Results

The prevalence of current self-reported PA was 2.9% among US adults, with 1.

SUBMITTER: Warren C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12341317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature