Table V.

Characteristics of and rates of overall food allergy in Black children vs children of other races seen in clinic

	Black N (%)	Combined other races N (%)	p value
Total number of patients in general pediatric clinic	3460	5724
Total with food allergy	161 (4.7%)	152 (2.7 %)	0.0001
>1 food allergy	61 (1.8%)	65 (1.1%)	0.02
Peanut allergy	73 (2.1%)	73 (1.3%)	0.003
Shellfish allergy	68 (2.0%)	36 (0.6%)	0.0001
Tree nut allergy	43 (1.2%)	34 (0.6%)	0.001
Egg allergy	36 (1.0%)	38 (0.7%)	0.05
Milk allergy	18 (0.5%)	27 (0.5%)	0.6
Fish allergy	17 (0.5%)	15 (0.3%)	0.07
Fruit allergy	17 (0.5%)	14 (0.2%)	0.06
Soy allergy	8 (0.2%)	9 (0.2%)	0.3
Wheat allergy	1 (0.03%)	5 (0.09%)	0.4
Patients with food allergy:	161	152
Males	88 (55%)	98 (64%)	0.08
Females	73 (45%)	54 (36%)
Age	9 yrs (1 yr to 21 yrs)*	6 yrs (1.3 yrs to 21 yrs)*	0.003
Age at time of diagnosis	2 yrs (4 mo to 4 yrs)*	1 yr (4 mo to 8 yrs)*	0.1
History of food-induced anaphylaxis	26 (16.1%)	17 (11.2%)	0.3
Documentation of an epinephrine autoinjector	133 (82.6%)	117 (77.0%)	0.3
Documentation of an emergency action plan	61 (37.9%)	58 (38.2%)	1
Referral to specialty care	107 (66.2%)	103 (67.8%)	0.8
Patients seen by allergy	69 (42.9%)	70 (46.1%)	0.6
Asthma	91 (56.5%)	66 (43.4%)	0.03
Asthmatics with emergency room visits in last year	21 (23.1%)	20 (30.3%)	1
Asthmatics ever hospitalized	11 (12.1%)	19 (28.8%)	0.1
Atopic dermatitis	89 (55.3%)	75 (49.3%)	0.3
Allergic rhinitis	85 (52.8%)	67 (44.1%)	0.1

^*median age with range