The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declines with age: A specialist UK centre experience

Grammatikos, Alexandros; Moghaddas, Fiona; White, Paul; Fox, Catherine; Johnston, Sarah; Tsiougkos, Nikolaos; Gompels, Mark

Abstract

The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declined with age in a cohort of UK adults.

Men were more likely to be diagnosed with food allergy than women.

The incidence of shellfish, wheat & cereals and vegetable & herb allergies increased with age.

Citation

Grammatikos, A., Moghaddas, F., White, P., Fox, C., Johnston, S., Tsiougkos, N., & Gompels, M. (2024). The incidence of physician-diagnosed food allergy declines with age: A specialist UK centre experience. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 54(2), 143-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.14405

• Journal Article Type: Letter
• Acceptance Date: Sep 19, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Sep 28, 2023
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2024
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 29, 2024
• Journal: Clinical and Experimental Allergy
• Print ISSN: 0954-7894
• Electronic ISSN: 1365-2222
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143-144
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.14405
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11126178