Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome in the US Population-Based Study

Abstract

A Nowak-Wegrzyn, CM Warren, T Brown-Whitehorn, A Cianferoni, F Schultz-Matney, RS Gupta. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019;144(4):1128–1130 To estimate the lifetime prevalence of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) in the United States from a study designed to estimate the prevalence and distribution of IgE-mediated food allergies. Study participants included adults (≥18 years) who were able to complete the survey in English or Spanish via web or telephone, who resided in a US household. METHODS. This was a cross-sectional, population based survey was administered to 53 575 US households. The outcome measure of interest was the answer …