A Retrospective Study of Korean Adults With Food Allergy: Differences in Phenotypes and Causes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Increasing in prevalence, food allergy (FA) is becoming an important public health concern. In Korean adults, however, clinical phenotypes and causes of FA have not been studied. We aimed to study common causative allergens and clinical manifestations of FA in Korean adults.

Methods

This study was conducted as a retrospective review of medical records for 95 patients (≥19 years old) diagnosed with FA from September 2014 to August 2015 at a single university hospital.

Results

In the 95 patients, 181 FA events were recorded. The mean age of first onset of FA symptoms was 34.7±15.8 years. The most frequent causative food was seafood (34.8%); shrimp and crab allergies ranked highest, regardless of age and sex. Among all FA events, there were 47 (26.0%) cases of an

SUBMITTER: Lee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5603482 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature