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Should Younger Siblings of Peanut-Allergic Children Be Assessed by an Allergist before Being Fed Peanut?

Overview of attention for article published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, December 2008
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Title
Should Younger Siblings of Peanut-Allergic Children Be Assessed by an Allergist before Being Fed Peanut?
Published in
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, December 2008
DOI 10.1186/1710-1492-4-4-144
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Joel J. Liem, Saiful Huq, Anita L. Kozyrskyj, Allan B. Becker

Abstract

: The objective of this study was to determine the risk of peanut allergy in siblings of peanut-allergic children. In 2005-2006, 560 households of children born in 1995 in the province of Manitoba, Canada, were surveyed. The index children (8-to 10-year-olds) were assessed by a pediatric allergist and had skin-prick testing and/or capRAST for peanut allergy. Surveys were completed by parents for siblings to determine the presence of peanut allergy. Of 560 surveys, 514 (92%) were completed. Twenty-nine (5.6%) index children were peanut allergic. Fifteen of 900 (1.7%) siblings had peanut allergy. Four of 47 (8.5%) were siblings of peanut-allergic children and 11 of 853 (1.3%) were siblings of non-peanut-allergic children. The risk of peanut allergy was markedly increased in siblings of a peanut-allergic child (odds ratio 6.72, 95% confidence interval 2.04-22.12). Siblings of peanut-allergic children are much more likely to be allergic to peanut. An allergy assessment by a qualified allergist should be routinely recommended before feeding peanut to these children.

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Unknown 12 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 25%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 17%
Student > Bachelor 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Student > Master 1 8%
Other 1 8%
Unknown 3 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 17%
Energy 1 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 25%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2016.
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#2,231,484
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