Male sex is strongly associated with IgE-sensitization to airborne but not food allergens: results up to age 24 years from the BAMSE birth cohort.
Erik MelénAnna BergströmInger KullCatarina AlmqvistNiklas AnderssonAnna AsarnojMagnus P BorresAntonis GeorgellisGöran PershagenMarit WestmanMarianne van HageNatalia BallardiniPublished in: Clinical and translational allergy (2020)
IgE-sensitization to airborne allergens increases with age up to young adulthood, whereas sensitization to food allergens seems to level off. Male sex is strongly associated with IgE-sensitization to airborne allergens from early childhood up to young adulthood. In contrast, there is little evidence for associations between sex and IgE-sensitization to foods.