Comparison of the prevalence and characteristics of food hypersensitivity among adolescent and older women

青年和老年女性食物过敏的患病率及特点比较

Anri Fujimori ； Tomomi Yamashita ； Masaru Kubota ； Hiromi Saito ； Nobue Takamatsu ； Mitsuhiko Nambu

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 25卷4期 (2016/12) Pp. 858-862

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.092015.39

摘要

背景与目的：虽然食物过敏是一个公共健康问题，但在老年人中进行的研究有限。本研究的目的是比较18-24 岁的青年女性和50 岁以上的老年女性食物过敏的患病率和特点。方法与研究设计：纳入研究的青年研究对象是660 名年龄在18-24岁自愿参加的女大学生，老年研究对象是470 名到京都桂医院保健中心进行健康体检的50 岁以上的女性。采用自编问卷询问研究对象食物过敏的发生、症状、致敏食物、个人或家族其它过敏性疾病史。结果：青年女性和老年女性食物过敏的患病率之间的差异无统计学意义，分别为8.2%和8.9%。她们当中，只有24.1%的青年女性和26.2%的老年女性被医生诊断为食物过敏。青年女性和老年女性的致敏食物（水果、贝类和鱼类）和食物过敏的表现几乎相同。与食物过敏阴性组相比，青年女性和老年女性的食物过敏阳性组均显示出较高的个人或家族过敏性疾病史。结论：这些数据表明，老年女性食物过敏和年轻女性一样常见，应给予更多的关注。

關鍵字

食物过敏 ； 问卷调查 ； 患病率 ； 青年女性 ； 老年女性

並列摘要

Background and Objectives: Although food hypersensitivity is a public health concern, its documentation among the elderly is limited. The current study aims to compare the prevalence and characteristics of food hypersensitivity among adolescent women between aged 18-24 with among older women ＞ 50 years of age. Methods and Study Design: 660 female university students between the ages of 18 and 24 who volunteered were enrolled as adolescent subjects. 470 women ＞50 years old who visited the Health Care Centre of Kyoto Katsura Hospital for health check-ups were enrolled as the older subjects. A questionnaire created by ourselves asking the presence of food hypersensitivity, symptoms, causative food, personal or family history of other allergic disorders was distributed. Results: The prevalence of food hypersensitivity was statistically similar between adolescent (8.2%) and older women (8.9%). Among them, only 24.1% of the adolescent women and 26.2% of the older women had been diagnosed by physicians as having food allergy. The main causative foods (fruits, shellfish and fish) and the manifestations relating to food hypersensitivity were almost identical between adolescent and older women. In both adolescent and older women, food hypersensitivity positive group showed significantly higher prevalence of personal or family history of allergic disorders than that in food hypersensitivity negative group. Conclusions: These data indicate that food hypersensitivity in older women should be given more attention because the prevalence of this condition was as common as that in adolescent women.

並列關鍵字

food hypersensitivity ； questionnaire ； prevalence ； adolescent women ； older women