Prevalence of food allergy increased 1.7 times in the past 10 years among Japanese patients below 6 years of age.
Hajime YoshisueYuji HommaChie ItoMotohiro EbisawaPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2024)
Prevalence of FA increased in a statistically significant way from 2010 to 2019; 1.7-fold increase was observed in patients <6 years old. Patients in the high-risk cohort appear to have suffered from frequent anaphylaxis/SAR, highlighting an unmet medical need for FA patients at "high-risk," considering the unavailability of approved medications to prevent anaphylaxis/SAR.