Table 2 Prevalence of self-reported food hypersensitivity (FHS) and the number of participants who experienced severe symptoms.
Food item | Self-reported FHS (N = 4865) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (prevalence %) | Those reporting any symptoms | Those reporting severe symptomsa | ||
n | n (% in those reporting symptoms) | |||
1 | Cow’s milk | 128 (2.6%) | 86 | 10 (11.63%) |
2 | Hazelnut | 102 (2.1%) | 72 | 17 (23.61%) |
3 | Apple | 98 (2.1%) | 58 | 9 (15.52%) |
4 | Kiwi Fruit | 92 (1.9%) | 56 | 14 (25.00%) |
5 | Shrimp or Lobster | 80 (1.7%) | 54 | 12 (22.22%) |
6 | Walnut | 66 (1.4%) | 17 | 3 (17.65%) |
7 | Peach | 56 (1.2%) | 18 | 5 (27.78%) |
8 | Wheat | 56 (1.2%) | 26 | 5 (19.23%) |
9 | Peanut | 53 (1.1%) | 23 | 5 (21.74%) |
10 | Fish | 49 (1.0%) | 35 | 17 (48.57%) |
11 | Hen’s eggs | 34 (0.7%) | 23 | 3 (13.04%) |
12 | Carrot | 33 (0.7%) | 13 | 3 (23.07%) |
13 | Tomato | 33 (0.7%) | 18 | 1 (5.56%) |
14 | Bananas | 29 (0.6%) | 19 | 2 (10.53%) |
15 | Soybean | 23 (0.5%) | 8 | 2 (25%) |
16 | Melon | 21 (0.4%) | 6 | 0 (0) |
17 | Celery | 16 (0.3%) | 7 | 5 (71.43%) |
18 | Lentils | 14 (0.3%) | 3 | 0 (0) |
19 | Buckwheat | 14 (0.3%) | 4 | 1 (25%) |
20 | Rice | 13 (0.3%) | 7 | 0 (0) |
21 | Corn | 12 (0.2%) | 2 | 0 (0) |
22 | Mustard seed | 9 (0.2%) | 3 | 1 (33.33%) |
23 | Sesame seed | 7 (0.1%) | 5 | 1 (20.00%) |
24 | Sunflower seed | 6 (0.1%) | 3 | 1 (33.33%) |
25 | Poppy seed | 5 (0.1%) | 1 | 0 (0) |
