Research Article

Demographic Predictors of Peanut, Tree Nut, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame Allergy in Canada

Table 1

Multivariate logistic regression examining association between specific food allergies and respondent characteristics ( *).

Peanut odds ratio (OR) (95% CI)Tree nutFishShellfishSesame

Age < 18 yo2.24 (1.4, 3.59)1.73 (1.11, 2.68)0.17 (0.04, 0.72)0.29 (0.14, 0.61)5.63 (1.39, 22.87)
Male1 (0.63, 1.58)0.55 (0.36, 0.83)0.96 (0.52, 1.78)0.63 (0.43, 0.91)1.04 (0.25, 4.23)
Urban0.82 (0.5, 1.35)0.99 (0.65, 1.5)0.97 (0.51, 1.84)1.55 (1.04, 2.31)0.91 (0.18, 4.63)
Immigrant0.62 (0.28, 1.38)0.52 (0.25, 1.07)0.45 (0.14, 1.46)0.49 (0.26, 0.95)0.73 (0.08, 6.65)
Postsecondary graduate1.63 (0.94, 2.85)1.9 (1.18, 3.04)1.06 (0.56, 2)0.69 (0.47, 1.01)2.43 (0.56, 10.59)**

*This refers to participants providing complete data for the variables in this model; income level was provided by only 5,961 participants.
**Given the small number of sesame allergic individuals, the education variable is university graduate for this allergy.