Understanding risk factors for developing food allergy: What do epidemiological data tell us?

Christopher M. Warren; Rachelle Liu; Rachel Assaf; Priyanka Dadha; John Fyolek

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-96018-2.00030-4

Understanding risk factors for developing food allergy: What do epidemiological data tell us?

Christopher M. Warren^*, Rachelle Liu, Rachel Assaf, Priyanka Dadha, John Fyolek

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A key function of epidemiology is to systematically characterize the distribution of disease within specific populations of interest. By better understanding commonalities among who is affected by a given disease process, and how these subpopulations differ from those who are not affected, we can gain insights into disease etiology and work to advance treatment and prevention efforts. This chapter begins with a review of basic epidemiologic measures of association and then reviews a variety of putative risk factors for food allergy development. These include a wide variety of environmental exposures, including microbial and dietary influences on allergic disease.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Food Allergy
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	V1:524-V1:538
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323960199
ISBN (Print)	9780323960182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96018-2.00030-4
State	Published - Jan 1 2024

Keywords

Antacids
Antibiotic use
Dietary diversity
Dual exposure hypothesis
Environmental exposures
Epidemiology
Family history
Food allergy
Hygiene hypothesis
Maternal factors
Microbial diversity
Migration
Risk factors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Immunology and Microbiology

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