Background Peanut allergy is an important public health concern. To understand the
pathogenesis of peanut allergy, we need to determine the route by which children become
sensitized. A dose-response between household peanut consumption (HPC; used as an
indirect marker of environmental peanut exposure) and the development of peanut allergy
has been observed; however, environmental peanut exposure was not directly quantified.
Objective We sought to explore the relationship between reported HPC and peanut protein …