Journal article
Parent-reported prevalence of food allergies in children with autism spectrum disorder: National health interview survey, 2011-2015
Autism research, v 12(5), pp 802-805
May 2019
PMID: 30964233
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Abstract
Food allergies are frequently reported to co-occur with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the prevalence of this co-occurrence remains uncertain. In the present study, we examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring food allergy and ASD in a nationally representative sample of US children ages 2-17 in the National Health Interview Survey, study years 2011-2015. All analyses used survey weights to account for the complex sampling design. In the analytic sample of 53,365 children ages 2-17, there were 905 children with parent-reported ASD (prevalence of 1.7%) and 2,977 children with parent-reported food allergy (prevalence of 5.6%). Parent-reported food allergies were nearly 2.5 times more common in children with ASD (prevalence of 13.1%) than in children without ASD (5.4%). These results indicate that food allergies commonly co-occur with ASD, which may have etiological implications. Autism Research 2019, 12: 802-805. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: Food allergies are frequently reported to occur with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the prevalence of this co-occurrence remains uncertain. In the present study, we examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring food allergy and ASD in a nationally representative sample of United States children. In the sample of 53,365 children ages 2-17, 1.7% of children were reported to have ASD, and 5.6% were reported to have food allergies. Parent-reported food allergies were nearly 2.5 times more common in children with ASD (13.1%) than in children without ASD (5.4%).
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- Title
- Parent-reported prevalence of food allergies in children with autism spectrum disorder: National health interview survey, 2011-2015
- Creators
- Yuling Tan - Drexel UniversityShiny Thomas - Drexel UniversityBrian K Lee - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Autism research, v 12(5), pp 802-805
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000466815600009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85064061277
- Other Identifier
- 991019168348404721
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- Behavioral Sciences
- Psychology, Developmental