Clinical Factors Associated With Peanut Allergy in a High-Risk Infant Cohort

Abstract

SH Sicherer, RA Wood, TT Perry. Allergy . 2019;74(11):2199–2211 This study examined factors associated with the development of peanut allergy in high risk infants. The study included 511 infants aged 3–15 months from the prospective, observational Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR2) study, who were at high risk of peanut allergy because of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (39.5%), egg or milk allergy (17.8%) or both (42.7%). Infants with known peanut allergy or peanut-specific IgE >5 kU/L at the time of enrollment were excluded. Participants were assessed for peanut allergy at enrollment, 6 months, 12 months, and annually …