LOS ANGELES — African-American children may be at higher risk for food allergies, a study finds, but race may not be the only factor.

Children from various ethnic backgrounds were tested for food allergies to determine if race or genetic ancestry were risk factors. Among 1,104 children (average age 2.7), 60.9 percent were black, 22.5 percent were Latino, 5.9 percent were white and 10.8 percent were other races.

Researchers found that black children were more apt to have food allergies, and that being of African ancestry was linked with a greater chance of having a peanut allergy.