Table 3.

Adjusted probability of current food allergies among African-American and White children with food allergy enrolled in FORWARD

	Total	White		African-American
	n(%)	n(%)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	n (%)	Odds Ratio1 (95% CI)
Total n=664	664(100)	425 (100)		239 (100)
Number of “Top 9” Current Food Allergies
None	21 (3.2)	10 (2.4)	–	11 (4.6)	–
One	224 (33.7)	154 (36.2)	–	70 (29.3)	–
Multiple (more than one)	419 (63.1)	261 (61.4)	1(ref)	158 (66.1)	1.13 (0.70 – 1.81)
Type of Current Food Allergy
Peanut	421 (63.4)	266 (62.6)	1 (ref)	155 (64.9)	0.87 (0.55 – 1.40)
Milk	158 (23.8)	107 (25.2)	1 (ref)	51 (21.3)	0.81 (0.46 – 1.4)
Egg	263 (39.6)	179 (42.1)	1 (ref)	84 (35.2)	0.81 (0.51 – 1.30)
Wheat	52 (7.8)	22 (5.2)	1 (ref)	30 (12.6)	2.10 (0.87 – 5.04)
Soy	47 (7.1)	23 (5.4)	1 (ref) ^	24 (10.0)	0.97 (0.42 – 2.26)
Sesame	112 (16.9)	87 (20.5)	1 (ref)	25 (10.5)	0.52 (0.27 – 1.00)
Tree nuts (≥1)	353 (53.2)	218 (51.3)	1 (ref)	135 (56.5)	1.27 (0.79 – 2.05)
Fin fish (≥1)	92 (13.9)	35 (8.2)	1 (ref)	57 (23.9)	2.54 (1.42 – 4.56)**
Shellfish (≥1)	110 (16.6)	34 (8.0)	1 (ref)	76 (31.8)	3.11 (1.63 – 5.93)***

¹Odds ratios represent the adjusted probability of given food allergy in comparison to White children (reference group). All models adjusted for gender, age, household income, and site. Model for multiple FA evaluates adjusted probability of having multiple FA versus 1 FA.

Bold values represent statistical significance;

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001

Percentages may add to over 100 due to rounding