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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 May 4;8(9):3066–3073.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.058

TABLE 1.

Demographics and Comorbid Allergic Disease

Variable All children (95% CI) Children with Egg Allergy (95% CI) Children with Other Allergies (95% CI)
Race/ethnicity
 Asian, non-Hispanic 3.2 (2.8–3.7) 3.6 (1.8–6.9) 2.8 (2.1–3.6)
 Black, non-Hispanic 13.2 (12.3–14.2) 23.4 (13.1–38.4) 15.0 (12.7–17.7)
 White, non-Hispanic 52.8 (51.2–54.4) 40.8 (31.8–50.5) 48.3 (44.3–52.2)
 Hispanic 24.1 (22.5–25.7) 22.6 (15.9–31.0) 27.6 (23.6–31.9)
 Multiple/other 6.6 (6.1–7.3) 9.6 (5.6–16.1) 6.9 (5.4–8.7)
Born in the US
 Yes 97.7 (97.3–98.0) 95.1 (88.9–97.9) 98.7 (98.0–99.2)
 No 2.3 (2.0–2.7) 4.9 (2.1–11.2) 1.3 (.8–2.0)
Sex
 Female 48.9 (47.8–50.0) 47.9 (37.5–58.6) 54.9 (42.2–49.7)
 Male 51.1 (50.0–52.2) 52.1 (41.4–62.6) 54.1 (50.3–57.8)
Age
 <1 year 5.3 (4.8–5.9) 2.2 (1.2–4.0) 2.1 (1.5–3.0)
 1–2 year 10.6 (10.0–11.3) 19.6 (12.7–29.1) 12.5 (9.4–16.4)
 3–5 year 16.2 (15.5–17.0) 22.3 (16.4–29.6) 15.7 (13.0–18.8)
 6–10 year 27.9 (26.9–28.8) 26.3 (19.9–33.9) 30.7 (27.4–34.2)
 11–13 year 16.6 (15.9–17.4) 17.6 (12.2–24.8) 16.9 (14.1–20.0)
 14–17 year 23.4 (22.4–24.4) 12.0 (8.4–16.8) 22.2 (19.3–25.3)
Household income, $
 <25,000 16.1 (14.9–17.3) 12.7 (7.1–21.8) 14.9 (12.2–18.1)
 25,000–49,000 22.2 (20.9–23.5) 20.3 (14.1–28.3) 22.5 (19.5–25.9)
 50,000–99,999 31.1 (29.8–32.5) 38.7 (28.0–50.6) 32.0 (28.8–35.4)
 100,000–149,000 19.2 (18–20.5) 21.3 (15.7–28.2) 20.8 (17.2–25.0)
 ≥150,000 11.4 (10.3–12.6) 7.0 (4.3–11.3) 9.7 (7.5–12.5)
Other Conditions
 Asthma 12.2 (11.4–13.0) 46.5 (35.8–57.4) 33.2 (29.6–37.0)
 Eczema 5.9 (5.3–6.5) 19.0 (12.2–28.2) 15.7 (12.7–19.1)
 Environmental Allergies 12.8 (12.0–13.6) 38.2 (30.7–46.4) 30.3 (27.0–34.0)
 Eosinophilic Esophagitis 0.2 (0.1–0.2) 1.2 (0.5–2.7) 0.7 (.4–1.2)

Note: These are weighted proportions

The other top 8 food allergies (peanut, tree nut, milk, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame)