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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 III.

Outgrown Egg Allergy

Variable Characteristics of Children who Outgrew an Egg Allergy
Age
 1–2 y 4.1 (1.8–8.9)
 3–5 y 20.9 (12.1–33.6)
 6–10 y 45.8 (31.3–60.9)
 11–13 y 10.2 (6.0–16.8)
 14–17 y 18.8 (11.6–29.0)
Has Multiple Current Food Allergies 46.3 (27.6–66.0)
Baked Egg Tolerance 70.5 (58.2–80.4)
Race/ethnicity
Asian, non-Hispanic 4.8 (2.2–10.1)
Black, non-Hispanic 4.8 (2.1–10.5)
White, non-Hispanic 53.3 (38.6–67.5)
Hispanic 30.0 (16.6–48.0)
Multiple/other 7.1 (3.7–13.2)
Sex
Female 42.4 (28.4–57.6)
Male 57.6 (42.4–71.6)
Other Conditions
Asthma 32.2 (21.4–45.3)
Eczema 22.4 (13.6–34.7)
Environmental Allergies 30.7 (20.5–43.4)
Eosinophilic Esophagitis 4.0 (1.2–12.6)
Organ System Involved:
Skin/mucosal tissue 76.2 (57.0–88.5)
GI 26.9 (14.2–45.1)
Respiratory 16.5 (9.1–28.0)
Cardio 7.6 (4.0–13.7)

Comparison of children with egg allergy and the children with top 9 allergies besides egg