Patterns of quantitative food-specific IgE-antibodies and reported food hypersensitivity in 4-year-old children

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作者
Ostblom, E. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Lilja, G. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Ahlstedt, S. [3 ,4 ,5 ]
van Hage, M. [3 ,6 ]
Wickman, M. [1 ,3 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Sachs Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, S-11883 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Sci & Educ, Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Karolinska Inst, Ctr Allerg Res, Stockholm, Sweden
[4] Karolinska Inst, Natl Inst Environm Med, Stockholm, Sweden
[5] Phadia AB, Uppsala, Sweden
[6] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med, Allergy & Clin Immunol Unit, Stockholm, Sweden
[7] Stockholm Cty Council, Dept Occupat & Environm Hlth, Stockholm, Sweden
关键词
BAMSE; children; food allergy; food hypersensitivity; immunoglobulin E;
D O I
10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01575.x
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Background: Diagnosis of food hypersensitivity (FHS) is difficult and interpretation of food allergy tests is complicated. Objective: To investigate the probability of reported FHS in relation to levels of food-specific IgE-antibodies (AB) in a population-based setting of 4-year-old children (n = 2336). Methods: Information on FHS was obtained from a questionnaire and specific IgE-AB to milk, egg, fish, peanut, soy and wheat were analysed. Results: Thirty-one per cent of the children with reported FHS (n = 284) were sensitized (>= 0.35 kU(A)/l) to at least one of the tested foods compared with 11% of children without FHS (n = 2052). Furthermore, the probability of reported symptoms to milk, egg and fish increased with increasing levels of food-specific IgE-AB to the same food allergens. A similar trend was seen for peanut and wheat, but not for soy. Increasing levels of specific IgE-AB to milk or egg were also associated with an increasing risk of reported symptoms caused by other foods. Conclusions: Quantitative measurements of IgE-AB to milk, egg and fish are useful to evaluate IgE-associated FHS in preschool children also in a population based sample. Such measurements appear to be of limited value for soy bean and wheat, in particular as a screening method.
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