Table 1.
Caregiver Perceptions of Risk of Food Allergen Exposure, Food Allergy Severity, Food Allergy Worry by individual allergen (n = 103).
Risk of Allergen Exposure | Food Allergy Severity | Food Allergy-Related Worry | ||||
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Specific Allergen | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range |
Overall | 1.38 (0.56) | 0.0–2.8 | 61.66 (23.12) | 4–100 | 65.86 (25.06) | 5–100 |
Peanut | 1.45 (0.50) | 0.6–2.6 | 64.68 (30.44) | 0–100 | 72.69 (26.20) | 0–100 |
Tree nuts | 1.48 (0.53) | 0.0–2.4 | 67.26 (29.13) | 0–100 | 73.90 (24.84) | 0–100 |
Direct Egg | 1.21 (0.73) | 0.0–2.8 | 49.07 (25.14) | 11–100 | 44.80 (29.39) | 8–100 |
Baked Egg | 1.59 (0.55) | 0.8–2.8 | 67.70 (24.35) | 8–100 | 70.21 (27.95) | 6–100 |
Direct Milk | 1.75 (0.87) | 1.0–3.0 | 47.00 (10.34) | 35–62 | 45.40 (20.85) | 10–65 |
Baked Milk | 1.74 (0.62) | 0.6–2.8 | 79.78 (21.52) | 26–100 | 76.65 (27.45) | 8–100 |
Wheat | 1.76 (0.65) | 0.0–2.8 | 71.75 (29.32) | 30–100 | 62.88 (41.18) | 0–100 |
Soy | 1.37 (0.73) | 0.0–2.4 | 52.89 (25.69) | 8–77 | 49.91 (29.45) | 0–81 |
Shellfish | 1.19 (0.78) | 0.0–2.4 | 73.31 (25.66) | 26–100 | 64.47 (32.83) | 6–100 |
Fish | 1.63 (0.68) | 0.0–2.6 | 81.25 (16.43) | 55–100 | 70.85 (27.01) | 5–100 |
p-value is >0.05 for all results in Table 1.