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Table 4 Classification of incident, persistent and outgrown symptoms and diagnosis

From: The association of infant feeding patterns with food allergy symptoms and food allergy in early childhood

 

FAS (N = 328)

 

DDFA (N = 76)

 

Groups

Infancy (4, 9, 12 months)

Year 6

n

Infancy (4, 9, 12 months)

Year 6

n

Incident cases at Year 6

–

+

51

–

+

16

Persistent to Year 6

+

+

52

+

+

0

Outgrown food allergy at anytime

+

–

52

+

–

31

Missing/Ambiguous

./+/−

./+/−

173

./+/−

./+/−

29

  1. FAS Food Allergy Symptomatic Children, DDFA Doctors’ Diagnosed Food Allergy
  2. + - Presence of Symptoms/Diagnosis; − - Absence of Symptoms/Diagnosis