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Table 2 Allergy-associated parameters among children with food hypersensitivity

From: Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions

 

N = 134

(%)

Food reactions

  

Gastro-intestinal symptoms

67

(50)

OAS – Oral Allergy Syndrome

63

(47)

Difficulty breathing

53

(40)

Skin symptoms

50

(37)

Anaphylaxis

20

(15)

Eye-nose symptoms

19

(14)

Food reactions during the last 12 months

60

(45)

Allergic diseases

100

(75)

Rhino conjunctivitis

69

(52)

Eczema

64

(48)

Asthma

44

(33)

Additional allergy/hypersensitivity

95

(71)

Additional family member with food hypersensitivity

78

(58)

Parent(s)

49

(37)

Sibling(s)

45

(34)