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. 2014 Sep;134(Suppl 1):S21–S28. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0646E

TABLE 3.

Number of Children Introduced to Milk Allergen–Derived and Allergenic Complementary Foods in Total and High-Risk Samples at Respective Time Points and Percent Frequency of pFA

Sample Food Introduced Milk Allergen–Derived Foods Complementary Foods: Select Individual Allergenic Groupsa
Egg Peanut Soy Fish Fruit Vegetable Cerealsb
Total group,c % pFA = 6.5 N 1363 1259 1315 1343 1325 1176 1177 1200
<4 mo Yes 899 5 4 3 1 119 82 451
(% pFA) (6.7) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (8.4) (3.6) (7.3)
4–5 mo Yes 59 6 2 7 1 535 585 484
(% pFA) (6.8) (0.0) (0.0) (14.0) (0.0) (6.2) (7.4) (5.8)
6–12 mo Yes 300 617 254 96 209 438 423 176
(% pFA) (5.3) (5.5) (4.7) (9.4) (5.7) (6.6) (6.4) (6.8)
Not reported Yes 105 631 1055 1237 1114 84 87 89
(% pFA) (8.6) (7.6) (7.1) (6.4) (6.6) (6.0) (5.8) (4.5)
High-risk group,d % pFA = 9.6 n 823 760 801 815 801 714 715 729
<4 mo Yes 530 2 3 2 0 75 55 280
(% pFA) (10.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (13.3) (5.4) (11.0)
4–5 mo Yes 42 5 2 3 1 325 350 291
(% pFA) (10.0) (0.0) (0.0) (33.3) (0.0) (9.2) (10.8) (8.2)
6–12 mo Yes 180 377 147 61 124 266 261 109
(% pFA) (7.8) (8.2) (6.1) (14.8) (9.0) (9.8) (9.6) (11.0)
Not reported Yes 71 376 649 749 676 48 49 49
(% pFA) (11.3) (11.4) (10.8) (9.2) (9.0) (6.2) (6.1) (6.1)
a

Data do not include frequencies of complementary foods: meats, French fries, and sweet foods.

b

Data include infant cereals and other cereals.

c

Includes all children at age 6 years included in the logistic regression analysis.

d

Includes children with family history of food allergy or other atopy or reported eczema before age 1 year.