Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.
Autism Res. 2019 May;12(5):802-805. doi: 10.1002/aur.2106. Epub 2019 Apr 9.
Food allergies are frequently reported to co-occur with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the prevalence of this co-occurrence remains uncertain. In the present study, we examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring food allergy and ASD in a nationally representative sample of US children ages 2-17 in the National Health Interview Survey, study years 2011-2015. All analyses used survey weights to account for the complex sampling design. In the analytic sample of 53,365 children ages 2-17, there were 905 children with parent-reported ASD (prevalence of 1.7%) and 2,977 children with parent-reported food allergy (prevalence of 5.6%). Parent-reported food allergies were nearly 2.5 times more common in children with ASD (prevalence of 13.1%) than in children without ASD (5.4%). These results indicate that food allergies commonly co-occur with ASD, which may have etiological implications. Autism Research 2019, 12: 802-805. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: Food allergies are frequently reported to occur with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the prevalence of this co-occurrence remains uncertain. In the present study, we examined parent-reported prevalence of co-occurring food allergy and ASD in a nationally representative sample of United States children. In the sample of 53,365 children ages 2-17, 1.7% of children were reported to have ASD, and 5.6% were reported to have food allergies. Parent-reported food allergies were nearly 2.5 times more common in children with ASD (13.1%) than in children without ASD (5.4%).
食物过敏常与自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）同时发生，但这种同时发生的患病率仍不确定。在本研究中，我们在 2011-2015 年的全国健康访谈调查中，检查了美国 2-17 岁儿童的全国代表性样本中父母报告的食物过敏和 ASD 同时发生的患病率。所有分析均使用调查权重来考虑复杂的抽样设计。在分析的 53365 名 2-17 岁儿童样本中，有 905 名儿童的父母报告了 ASD（患病率为 1.7%），2977 名儿童的父母报告了食物过敏（患病率为 5.6%）。患有 ASD 的儿童中，父母报告的食物过敏发生率几乎是没有 ASD 的儿童的 2.5 倍（ASD 为 13.1%，无 ASD 为 5.4%）。这些结果表明，食物过敏与 ASD 通常同时发生，这可能具有病因学意义。自闭症研究 2019，12：802-805。©2019 自闭症国际研究协会，威利期刊，公司。
食物过敏常与自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）同时发生，但这种同时发生的患病率仍不确定。在本研究中，我们检查了全国代表性的美国儿童样本中父母报告的食物过敏和 ASD 同时发生的患病率。在 53365 名 2-17 岁儿童样本中，有 1.7%的儿童被报告患有 ASD，有 5.6%的儿童被报告患有食物过敏。患有 ASD 的儿童中，父母报告的食物过敏发生率几乎是没有 ASD 的儿童的 2.5 倍（ASD 为 13.1%，无 ASD 为 5.4%）。
