Risk factors of adverse reactions to food in German adults

Soost, Stephanie; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Almqvist, Catarina; Edenharter, Günter; Zuberbier, T.; Worm, Margitta

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03184.x

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“…Studies addressing the characteristics of persons with SFH indicate a female predominance [16, 17]. They further suggest that young women with higher education more often report adverse reactions to food than older women with lower education [17].…”

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“…They further suggest that young women with higher education more often report adverse reactions to food than older women with lower education [17]. Another study indicated that individuals with SFH are more often absent from work, but that only 2% of that study sample felt that their income had been affected due to food-attributed symptoms [18].…”

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Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

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BackgroundThis study aims to investigate the prevalence of self-reported food hypersensitivity, (SFH), the characteristics of women with SFH, and whether SFH is associated with multiple health complaints among the participants of the Norwegian Women and Cancer study (NOWAC).MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study among 64,316 women aged 41–76 years. The women were randomly selected from the Norwegian Central Person Register. Information on SFH and all covariates except age and place of residence was collected by questionnaires in 2002–2005.ResultsThe prevalence of SFH in our study sample was 6.8% (95% confidence interval: 6.7–7.0). Logistic regression analysis showed a negative association between SFH and age (odds ratio [OR] 0.97). The odds of SFH increased among women living in or near urban centers, women with more than 9 years of education, women who did not have full-time work, women who had experienced poor economic conditions in childhood, those living without a partner, and those who did not consume alcohol or smoke (OR varied from 1.10 to 1.70). Women with a low body mass index had higher odds of SFH (OR 1.37) than those with a moderate body mass index. SFH was positively associated with poor self-perceived health (OR 2.56). The odds of SFH increased with the number of concurrent health complaints, with an OR for 5–6 comorbidities of 4.93.ConclusionWe found an association between SFH, poor health, and different socio demographic and lifestyle characteristics. Women with SFH had increased odds of reporting multiple health complaints.

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Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

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“…The actual prevalence seems to be lower: approximately 5-8% of children and 2-3% of adults suffer from objective food hypersensitivity [19] .…”

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“…Some studies suggest that females might suffer from adverse reactions to food more often than males [19,20] .…”

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Food Allergy: An Increasing Problem for the Elderly

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2010

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As populations become older all over the world, allergic reactions in elderly persons will be encountered more often in the future. Up to now, there has been much more literature on allergy prevalence in childhood than on allergy diseases in adults. As a challenge to epidemiology, allergic disorders in elderly persons may be masked by various symptoms corresponding with a general age-induced decline of physiological functions, including vitamin D deficiency and gastric pH increase. How much structural and functional changes (e.g. low calcitriol level) or effects caused by drugs (e.g. acid-suppression medications) in addition to immunological alterations encountered at old age are responsible for this development is a matter of debate. In the years ahead, the problem of allergy in adulthood and especially in the elderly will become more pronounced.

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“…Weiterführende allergologische Untersuchungen bei 27 Patienten mit Durchfüh-rung einer Nahrungsmittelprovokation bei 9/27 Patienten führten am Ende in lediglich 4 Fällen zur Diagnose einer Nahrungsmittelallergie. In einer weiteren ähn-lich konzipierten Studie konnte allgemein ein höheres Risiko für eine Nahrungsmittelallergie für Frauen (Punktprävalenz 3,3%) im Vergleich zu Männern (Punktprävalenz 1,8%) ermittelt werden [54].…”

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Nahrungsmittelallergie bei atopischer Dermatitis

2012

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Food allergy predominantly affects children rather than adult patients with atopic dermatitis (AD). Early sensitization to foods has been found to be significantly associated with AD. Three different patterns of clinical reactions to food allergens in AD patients exist: i. immediate-type reaction, ii. isolated late-type reaction, iii. combined reaction (i. + ii.). While in children allergens from cow's milk, hen's egg, soy, wheat, fish, peanut or tree nuts are mostly responsible for allergic reactions, birch-pollen related food allergens seem to play a major role in adolescent and adults with AD in Central and Northern Europe. Defects of the epidermal barrier function seem to facilitate the development of sensitization to allergens following epicutaneous exposure. The relevance of defects of the gut barrier as well as genetic characteristics associated with an increased risk for food allergy remain to be further investigated. Numerous studies focus on prevention strategies which include breast-feeding or feeding with hydrolyzed milk substitute formula during the first 4 months of life.

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Risk factors of adverse reactions to food in German adults

Cited by 37 publications

References 40 publications

Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study

Food Allergy: An Increasing Problem for the Elderly

Nahrungsmittelallergie bei atopischer Dermatitis

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