Prevalence of food hypersensitivity in relation to IgE sensitisation to common food allergens among the general adult population in West Sweden

Table 5 The percentage of subjects with self-reported symptoms and IgE-sensitization for common foods, divided into symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract (GI-tract), skin, lower and upper airways, anaphylaxis and other symptoms (as described and encoded in Table 2)

	GI (%)	Skin (%)	Lower airways (%)	Upper airways (%)	Anaphy-laxis (%)	Other (%)	Total (%)
Total
Symptoms	15.0	2.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.6	18.0
Symptoms and IgE	4.9	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.2	5.9
Almond
Symptoms	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	#	0.1	4.0
Symptoms and IgE	0.7	0.1	#	#	#	#	0.8
Brazil nut
Symptoms	2.7	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	4.7
Symptoms and IgE	0.2	0.2	0.2	#	0.1	#	0.7
Egg
Symptoms	1.2	#	0.1	#	#	#	1.3
Symptoms and IgE	0.2	#	0.1	#	#	#	0.3
Fish
Symptoms	0.2	0.1	#	#	#	#	0.3
Symptoms and IgE	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Hazel nut
Symptoms	6.5	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	9.6
Symptoms and IgE	4.2	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	5.9
Milk
Symptoms	6.2	0.1	0.2	#	#	0.97	7.5
Symptoms and IgE	0.1	#	#	#	#	#	0.1
Milk ^a
Symptoms	0.1	0.2	0.3	#	#	0.4	0.99
Symptoms and IgE	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Peanut
Symptoms	2.1	1.1	0.5	#	#	0.1	3.8
Symptoms and IgE	0.5	#	#	#	#	#	0.5
Soy
Symptoms	0.3	#	#	#	#	#	0.3
Symptoms and IgE	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Wheat
Symptoms	1.4	#	0.1	#	#	0.1	1.6
Symptoms and IgE	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Wheat ^b
Symptoms	#	#	0.1	#	#	#	0.1
Symptoms and IgE	#	#	#	#	#	#	#

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