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. 2017 Apr 26;9(5):410–416. doi: 10.4168/aair.2017.9.5.410

Table 2. Prevalence of current immediate-type FA in each age group, according to allergen.

6- to 7-year-olds 9- to 10-year-olds 12- to 13-year-olds 15- to 16-year-olds
Individual food (prevalence, %)
Hen's egg (0.25) Peanut (0.34) Cow's milk (0.26) Buckwheat (0.18)
Peanut (0.22) Hen's egg (0.32) Peanut (0.23) Pork (0.17)
Cow's milk (0.16) Cow's milk (0.24) Hen's egg (0.19) Hen's egg (0.13)
Sesame (0.15) Buckwheat (0.10) Buckwheat (0.17) Peanut (0.13)
Chicken (0.08) Soy (0.09) Pork (0.10) Chicken (0.11)
Wheat (0.06) Wheat (0.07) Beef (0.07) Cow's milk (0.08)
Soy (0.06) Sesame (0.06) Soy (0.03) Soy (0.07)
Beef (0.04) Pork (0.06) Chicken (0.01) Beef (0.04)
Buckwheat (0.03) Chicken (0.04) - Wheat (0.03)
Pork (0.03) Beef (0.01) - Sesame (0.01)
Food group (prevalence, %)
Fruits (0.75) Fruits (1.52) Fruits (1.92) Fruits (1.39)
Tree nuts (0.36) Crustaceans (0.89) Crustaceans (0.77) Crustaceans (1.25)
Crustaceans (0.34) Tree nuts (0.47) Fish (0.44) Vegetables (0.47)
Vegetables (0.25) Fish (0.28) Tree nuts (0.23) Fish (0.33)
Fish (0.21) Vegetables (0.24) Vegetables (0.11) Tree nuts (0.26)

FA, food allergy.