Table 1

Studies reporting the incidence of allergic reactions due to potential, non-occupational inhalation of aerosolised food.

Study	Methodology	Population sampled	N	Food allergen	Proportion reporting reactions via inhaled route
Sicherer, 200111	Registry, self-report	School-aged children	100 out of a cohort of 750 reporting reactions	Peanut, tree nuts	16 (16%)
Eigenmann, 200212	Online survey	Age 1–61 years	51	All	3 (6%)
Roberts 200213	Prospective study of clinic patients	Children	750	Fish, chickpea, cow’s milk, egg, buckwheat	12 (1.6%)
Turner, 201114	Postal survey with telephone interview by trained HCP	Children/young people	167	Fish/seafood	26 (16%)
Fleischer, 201215	Prospective observational study	Children aged 3–15 months with possible food allergy	512, reporting 1171 (unverified) reactions	Cow’s milk, egg, peanut	14/1171 reactions reported
Nguyen-Luu, 201216	Retrospective clinic cohort	Children <18 years	1411, reporting 266 reactions	Peanut	13 (0.9%)