Research Article
Growth Parameters Impairment in Patients with Food Allergies
Table 1
Data from patients evaluated in food allergy out-patient clinic from Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil.
| | Data | Groups | value | | Food allergy (: 228) | Nonfood allergy (: 126) |
| | Age (median in months) | 10 | 36.5 | <0.0001* | | Sex—male (%) | 120 (52.63) | 75 (59.53) | 0.5067** | | Birth delivery— (%) | | | | | Vaginal | 24 (10.53) | 13 (10.32) | | | Cesarean | 128 (56.14) | 59 (46.82) | 0.1882*** | | ND | 76 (33.33) | 54 (42.86) | | | Gestational age— (%) | | | | | Preterm | 36 (15.79) | 13 (10.32) | | | Term | 87 (38.16) | 50 (39.68) | 0.2235*** | | Postterm | 1 (0.44) | 0 (0.00) | | | ND | 104 (45.61) | 63 (50.00) | | | Breastfeeding— (%) | | | | | No breastfeed | 37 (16.23) | 9 (7.14) | | | <1 month | 54 (23.68) | 25 (19.84) | | | 1–6 months | 92 (40.35) | 34 (26.98) | 0.5363*** | | >6 months | 3 (1.32) | 2 (1.59) | | | Only breastfeed | 1 (0.44) | 1 (0.80) | | | ND | 41 (17.98) | 55 (43.65) | | | Onset use of complementary formulas— (%) | | | | | <1 month | 81 (35.53) | 24 (19.04) | | | 1–6 months | 73 (32.02) | 23 (18.25) | | | 6–12 months | 20 (8.77) | 7 (5.56) | 0.1154*** | | >12 months | 2 (0.88) | 0 (0.00) | | | No use | 8 (3.51) | 7 (5.56) | | | ND | 44 (19.29) | 65 (51.59) | | | -score weight × age | | | | | Median (interval) | −0.95 (−5.30–2.25) | −0.30 (−4.77–4.80) | 0.0005* | | -score height × age | | | | | Median (interval) | −0.41 (−5.04–2.81) | −0.01 (−4.78–2.55) | 0.0030* | | -score BMI × age | | | | | Median (interval) | −0.85 (−6.20–3.59) | −0.33 (−3.06–6.55) | 0.0053* |
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*Mann-Whitney test.
**Fisher's exact test.
***Chi-square test for trend.
BMI: body mass indices.
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