Table 1.
Food allergy diagnostic categories at time of enrollment (N=503) (see ONLINE REPOSITORY for definitions).
| Milk | Egg | Peanut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Confirmed IgE mediated reaction (approx. 97% certainty) | 88 | 17.5 | 69 | 13.7 | - | - |
| Convincing, but not confirmed IgE mediated reaction (approx. 95% accurate) | 155 | 30.8 | 72 | 14.3 | - | - |
| Serological diagnosis | 24 | 4.8 | 165 | 32.8 | 134 | 26.6 |
| Potential allergy | 116 | 23.1 | 125 | 24.9 | 195 | 38.8 |
| Not allergic-sensitized | 43 | 8.6 | 16 | 3.2 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Not allergic-not sensitized | 63 | 12.5 | 6 | 1.2 | 8 | 1.6 |
| Not sensitized-never ingested | 14 | 2.8 | 50 | 9.9 | 149 | 29.6 |