Food allergy in the Netherlands: differences in clinical severity, causative foods, sensitization and DBPCFC between community and outpatients

Abstract Background It is unknown whether food allergy (FA) in an unselected population is comparable to those from an outpatient clinic population. Objective To discover if FA in a random sample from the Dutch community is comparable to that of outpatients. Methods This study was part of the Europrevall‐project. A random sample of 6600 adults received a questionnaire. Those with symptoms to one of 24 defined priority foods were tested for sIgE. Participants with a positive case history and elevated sIgE were evaluated by double‐blind placebo‐controlled food challenge (DBPCFC). Outpatients wit... Mehr ...