Table II.

Self-reported prevalence of food allergy by demographic characteristic^*

	Children	p value	Adults	p value	Total Study Population	p value
Overall	6.53 (5.69–7.37)		9.72 (8.94–10.5)		8.96 (8.32–9.60)
Gender
Male	6.08 (5.23–7.06)	0.19	8.21 (7.40–9.11)	0.0001	7.68 (7.03–8.39)	0.0001
Female	7.00 (5.83–8.39)		11.1 (9.99–12.4)		10.2 (9.22–11.2)
Education
< College	5.89 (4.76–7.27)	0.30	7.75 (6.81–8.81)	<0.001	7.31 (6.55–8.15)	<0.001
≥ College	6.83 (5.76–8.08)		11.2 (10.0–12.4)		10.1 (9.16–11.2)
Income
< 1.75 x PL	6.21 (5.40–7.13)	0.42	9.06 (8.18–10.0)	0.13	8.21 (7.48–9.01)	0.02
≥ 1.75 x PL	6.77 (5.62–8.13)		9.99 (9.06–11.0)		9.30 (8.55–10.1)
Race
White	6.34 (5.21–7.69)	0.03	9.64 (8.56–10.8)	0.24	8.96 (8.03–9.97)	0.04
Black	8.13 (6.54–10.1)		11.1 (9.76–12.7)		10.3 (9.16–11.9)
Hispanic	5.16 (4.26–6.22)		8.48 (7.28–9.87)		7.38 (6.42–8.49)
Asthma
No	5.19 (4.54–5.92)	<0.0001	8.55 (7.80–9.36)	<0.0001	7.76 (7.15–8.42)	<0.0001
Yes	13.9 (10.7–17.7)		17.0 (14.9–19.4)		16.2 (14.5–18.0)
AR
No	5.88 (5.16–6.69)	<0.0001	8.14 (7.39–8.97)	<0.0001	7.57 (6.97–8.23)	<0.0001
Yes	11.9 (9.27–15.2)		17.5 (15.3–20.0)		16.5 (14.5–18.8)

Values expressed as % (95% CI)

PL = poverty level

AR = Allergic Rhinitis

^*P value determined by Pearson chi-squared test