Table 1

Characteristics of the interviewed adolescents, 13–18 years, with food hypersensitivity (self-reported data).
	Individual (I) or group (G) interview	Offending foods	Adverse food reaction(s)	Onset	Positive diagnostic test(s)	Additional family member(s) with food hyper-sensitivity

Boy 15 years	G1	Fish, nuts	Breathing difficulties, conjunctivitis	Early childhood	Yes	No
Boy 16 years	G1	Vegetables, fruits, nuts	Breathing difficulties, itchy face, rash	Early childhood	Yes	Yes
Boy 15 years	G1	Fish, nuts, egg, gluten	Itching	Early childhood	Yes	Unknown
Girl 15 years	G2	Orange	Eczema	Age 8 y	Yes	No
Girl 14 years	G2	Tomato	Breathing difficulties, rash	Age 9 y	Yes	Yes
Girl 15 years	G2	Gluten		Age 1,5 y	Yes	No
Girl 14 years	G2	Egg, lactose	Rash, itchy throat	Age 9 y	Yes	Yes
Girl 18 years	G3	Citrus, gluten	Eczema, mood swings	Early childhood	Yes	No
Girl 16 years	G3	Shellfish	Rash, itchy/swollen mouth and throat	Age 15 y	No	No
Girl 17 years	G3	Fruits, nuts, beans, peas	Breathing difficulties	Early childhood	Yes	Unknown
Girl 16 years	G3	Fruits, almonds, paprika	Asthma, rash	Age 6 y	Yes	Yes
Girl 17 years	I	Egg, nuts, fruits	Gastro-intestinal pain, itchy/swollen mouth and throut, vomiting	Early childhood	Yes	Yes
Boy 14 years	I	Wheat, peas, nuts, soy, tomato	Gastro-intestinal pain, itchy/swollen mouth and throat, diarrhoea	Early childhood	Yes	Yes
Boy 17 years	I	Fruits, peanuts, soy	Itchy/swollen Mouth and throat	Early childhood	Yes	No
Boy 16 years	I	Tomato	Itchy/swollen mouth and throat	Unknown	Yes	Yes
Boy 14 years	I	Tomato, nuts, rosehip, lactose	Gastro-intestinal pain, vomiting, rash	Early childhood	Yes	Yes
Girl 18 years	I	Tomato, fish, shellfish	Breathing difficulties, gastro-intestinal pain, eczema	Early childhood	No	Yes

Marklund et al. BMC Nursing 2007 6:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6955-6-8