Table 4:
Food Allergies by Mode of Delivery, Among Patients First Diagnosed With a Food Allergy Under 5 Years of Age.
| Mode of Delivery |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesarean Section (N=111) |
Vaginal (N=253) |
Not Documented (N=24) |
|
| Food category | |||
| Milk | 22 (19.8%) | 49 (19.4%) | 9 (37.5%) |
| Egg | 44 (39.6%) | 80 (31.6%) | 5 (20.8%) |
| Soy | 3 (2.7%) | 5 (2.0%) | 2 (8.3%) |
| Peanut | 60 (54.1%) | 146 (57.7%) | 15 (62.5%) |
| Tree Nut | 27 (24.3%) | 73 (28.9%) | 7 (29.2%) |
| Seafood | 4 (3.6%) | 15 (5.9%) | 2 (8.3%) |
| Other | 8 (7.2%) | 19 (7.5%) | 2 (8.3%) |
| Number of categories | |||
| Only 1 category | 72 (64.9%) | 158 (62.5%) | 15 (62.5%) |
| >1 category | 39 (35.1%) | 95 (37.5%) | 9 (37.5%) |