Sesame prevalence studies: Canada & USA

Started by AdminCM, August 22, 2011, 02:00:49 PM

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A member (account now deleted) posted on 06/21/10 at 06:18 pm:

Quote"A population-based study on peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, and sesame allergy prevalence in Canada"
http://tinyurl.com/26fyxbh

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sesame, 0.10% (95% CI, 0.04%-0.17%)

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"US prevalence of self-reported peanut, tree nut, and sesame allergy: 11-year follow-up."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20462634

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Sesame allergy was reported by 0.1% (95% CI, 0.0% to 0.2%)

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Quote from: LinksEtc on March 23, 2012, 08:10:28 AM
"Food Allergy in Kids Not Being Optimally Diagnosed"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/753505

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The survey involved 40,104 children; of these, investigators identified 3339 children with food allergy.

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oral food challenge was done in just 15.6% of children

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Formal diagnoses were most frequently confirmed by oral food challenge for milk allergy (22.4%), soy (19.2%), peanut (16.1%), wheat (15.5%), shellfish (14.4%), tree nut (12.6%), egg (12.4%), sesame (11.2%), and fin fish (9.1%).

From sesame research thread
Sesame Research (links clearinghouse thread)

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"The prevalence of plant food allergies: a systematic review."

by Laurian Zuidmeer, Klaus Goldhahn, Roberto J Rona, David Gislason, Charlotte Madsen, Colin Summers, Eva Sodergren, Jorgen Dahlstrom, Titia Lindner, Sigurveig T Sigurdardottir, Doreen McBride, Thomas Keil

http://www.mendeley.com/research/prevalence-plant-food-allergies-systematic-review-1/

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CONCLUSION: Population-based prevalence estimates for allergies to plant products determined by the diagnostic gold standard are scarce. There was considerable heterogeneity in the prevalence estimates of sensitization or perceived allergic reactions to plant food.

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