Egg Allergy in US Children

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Abstract
Background: Egg allergy is common in young children (P < .05). Among children with current egg allergy, those with baked egg tolerance reported that their food allergy resulted in significantly reduced psychosocial burden, relative to their baked egg–allergic counterparts (M = 3.1 [2.9-3.3] vs M = 3.7 [3.5-3.9]). Conclusions: Egg allergy is common amongst young children. Nearly two-thirds of children with egg allergy reported baked egg tolerance. Increased efforts are needed to ensure that children with egg allergy are appropriately evaluated as many have comorbid allergic disease and determination of baked egg tolerance may improve quality of life.
Funding Information
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI135702-PI)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  • Aimmune
  • DBV Technologies
  • Regeneron
  • National Institute of Health (R21 ID # AI135705, R01 ID# AI130348, U01 ID # AI138907)
  • Allergy and Asthma Network
  • Rho Inc.
  • Stanford Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research
  • Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
  • Miller Family Foundation
  • Melchiorre Family Foundation
  • Aimmune Therapeutics
  • Mylan Specialty L.P.
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Genentech
  • National Confectioners Association