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Revista alergia México
versión On-line ISSN 2448-9190
Resumen
ROJAS-PUELL, María J.; SALAZAR-GASTELU, Danna; RUNZER-COLMENARES, Fernando M. y MEDINA-HERNANDEZ, Alejandra. Frequency of food allergy in students of human medicine of a private university. Rev. alerg. Méx. [online]. 2022, vol.69, n.3, pp.119-124. Epub 19-Mayo-2023. ISSN 2448-9190. https://doi.org/10.29262/ram.v69i3.1179.
Objective:
Determine the frequency of total food allergy, and to Peruvian products, in Human Medicine students.
Methods:
A study design is observational, descriptive and retrospective was made. Human medicine students, aged 18-25 from a private Peruvian university were included in a type of snowball sampling via electronic messaging. The sample size was calculated using the OpenEpi v3.0 program and the prevalence formula.
Results:
We registered 355 students, with a mean age of 20.87 years (SD ± 5.01). A frequency of food allergy was also found in 9.3% of the total participants in terms of native products and common in other countries, the highest percentage are seafood 2.24%, spices and condiments 2.24%, allergy to fruits 1.4%, milk 1.4%, red meat 0.84%.
Conclusions:
The frequencies of self-reported food allergy produced was 9.3% by native Peruvian products and commonly consumed nationwide.
Palabras llave : Alimentary allergy; Peru; Human medicine students.