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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Oct;93(10):1423–1430. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.05.031

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%)