Table 3.
Consumption of foods by category of specific IgE to that food* among subjects ≥18.
| Milk | Egg | Peanut | Shrimp | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgE Category | % each group (#) |
Drinks milk? |
% each group (#) |
Eats egg? | Eats egg w/o egg substitute? |
% each group (#) |
Eats peanut butter, peanuts, seeds?† |
% each group (#) |
Eats shrimp? |
Eats crustaceans? |
| Not-sensitized | 96% | 91% | 97% | 94% | 91% | 94% | 96% | 94% | 50% | 54% |
| “Unlikely food allergy” | 3% | 91% | 3% | 95% | 94% | 5% | 98% | 5% | 48% | 53% |
| “Probable food allergy” | 1% | 94% | 0.2% | 93% | 93% | 1% | 97% | 1% | 33% | 36% |
| “Likely food allergy” | .2% | 100% | 0.01% | 100% | 100% | 0.2% | 71% | 1% | 24% | 24% |
| All | 3363 | 91% | 3371 | 94% | 92% | 3401 | 96% | 4786 | 49% | 54% |
*
Survey weighting was used to estimate percentage of US population within each IgE Category consuming the relevant food.
†
Includes peanut butter, other nut butter, peanuts, nuts and seeds.