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Table 3 The difference in the prevalence of food allergy between overweight and non-overweight by gender

From: The association between overweight and prevalence of food allergy in Japanese children: a cross-sectional study

 

With food allergy

Without food allergy

p valuea

(n = 121)

(n = 1651)

Boys

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

 Overweight

13

(7.4)

162

(92.6)

0.989

 Non-overweight

52

(7.4)

651

(92.6)

 

Girls

 Overweight

13

(11.3)

102

(88.7)

0.017

 Non-overweight

43

(5.5)

736

(94.5)

 
  1. aChi-square test for categorical variables