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Race, ancestry, and development of food-allergen sensitization in early childhood.
Pediatrics - 1 Oct 2011
Kumar Rajesh, Tsai Hui-Ju, Hong Xiumei, Liu Xin, Wang Guoying, Pearson Colleen, Ortiz Katherin, Fu Melanie, Pongracic Jacqueline A, Bauchner Howard, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the risk of food-allergen sensitization varied according to self-identified race or genetic ancestry. METHODS: We studied 1104 children (mean age: 2.7 years) from an urban multiethnic birth cohort. Food sensitization was defined as specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) levels of ≥ 0.35 kilo-units of allergen (kUA)/L for any of 8 common food allergens. Multivariate logistic regression...
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