Giulia C. I. Spolidoro, Sungkutu Nyassi, Daniil Lisik, Athina Ioannidou, Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Yohannes Tesfaye Amera, Graciela Rovner, Ekaterina Khaleva, Carina Venter, Ronald van Ree, Margitta Worm, Berber Vlieg-Boerstra, Aziz Sheikh, Antonella Muraro, Graham Roberts, Bright I. Nwaru
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Abstract
Background
The 2014 estimates of prevalence of food allergy (FA) in Europe published by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology included only the eight so-called big foods (cow's milk/egg/wheat/soy/peanut/tree nuts/fish/shellfish). Those estimates have recently been updated. Complementing this, we sought to identify and estimate the prevalence of allergy to other foods that have been reported during the last decade.
Methods
Six databases were searched for studies published 2012–2021. Random-effects meta-analysis was performed to derive pooled prevalence of allergy to each food.
Results
Twenty-seven studies were included, containing a total of 66 FAs. Among the most frequently reported FAs, the lifetime and point prevalence range of self-reported kiwi allergy was 0.1%–1.0% and 0.2%–8.1%, respectively, while the food challenge (FC)-verified kiwi allergy point prevalence range was 0.01%–0.10%. The point prevalence range for self-reported peach allergy was 0.2%–3.2%, while the range for FC-verified peach allergy was 0.02%–0.05%. The lifetime and point prevalence range for self-reported tomato allergy was 0.01%–1.8% and 0.2%–2.1%, respectively.
Conclusion
Allergy to some foods traditionally not considered important are now emerging as relevant FAs. The focus on FA in Europe should not be limited to the so-called eight big FA, but extended to other types of foods which need to be considered both for clinical purposes and population risk assessment.
期刊介绍:
Clinical and Translational Allergy, one of several journals in the portfolio of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, provides a platform for the dissemination of allergy research and reviews, as well as EAACI position papers, task force reports and guidelines, amongst an international scientific audience.
Clinical and Translational Allergy accepts clinical and translational research in the following areas and other related topics: asthma, rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, drug hypersensitivity, allergic conjunctivitis, allergic skin diseases, atopic eczema, urticaria, angioedema, venom hypersensitivity, anaphylaxis, food allergy, immunotherapy, immune modulators and biologics, animal models of allergic disease, immune mechanisms, or any other topic related to allergic disease.