Table 17. Lifetime prevalence of food allergy by self-assessment or food provocation. Importance of spontaneous remission in infancy.
| Lifetime prevalence (self-assessment; 95% CI) [272] | Lifetime prevalence (food provocation; 95% CI) [272] | Spontaneous remission (by LY) | Reference | |
| Cow’s milk | 6.0% (5.7 – 6.4) | 0.6% (0.5 – 0.8) | 50% (5th LY) 57% (2nd LY) 57% (5th LY) |
[112] [113] [273] |
| Chicken egg | 2.5% (2.3 – 2.7) | 0.2% (0.2 – 0.3) 2.01% (1.04 – 3.5) |
50% (6th LY) 47% (2nd LY) 49% (2nd LY) |
[24, 115, 116] [117, 274] |
| Wheat | 3.6% (3.0 – 4.2) | 0.1% (0.01 – 0.2) | 29% (4th LY), 56% (8th LY), 65% (12th LY) 70% (14th LY) |
[118] |
| Soy | − | 0.3% (0.1 – 0.4) | 25% (4th LY), 45% (6th LY), 69% (10th LY) | [275] |
| Peanut | 0.4% (0.3 – 0.6) | 0.2% (0.2 – 0.3) | 0 – 57% 22% (4th LY) |
[120, 121, 122] [125] |
| Fish | 2.2% (1.8 – 2.5) | 0.1% (0.02 – 0.2%) | 0 – 20% (10th LY) | [127, 276] |
| Crustaceans | 1.3% (0.9 – 1.7) | 0.1% (0.06 – 0.3) | 0% | [127] |