Characteristics |
All patients |
QE-OFC positive |
QE-OFC negative |
p value*
|
|
n = 20 |
n = 9 |
n = 11 |
|
Age (years) |
2.9 (1.0–16.4) |
2.6 (1.0–11.1) |
3.2 (1.0–16.4) |
0.656 |
Sex (male) |
14 (70) |
7 (78) |
7 (64) |
0.642 |
History of anaphylaxis to HE |
9 (45) |
5 (56) |
4 (36) |
0.653 |
Food allergy other than HE, current |
9 (45) |
3 (33) |
6 (55) |
0.406 |
Atopic dermatitis, current |
16 (80) |
8 (89) |
8 (73) |
0.591 |
Bronchial asthma, current |
3 (15) |
1 (11) |
2 (18) |
>
0.999 |
Allergic rhino-conjunctivitis, current |
3 (15) |
0 (0) |
3 (27) |
0.218 |
Total IgE (kIU/L) |
322 (31.1–4040) |
526 (58.4–1170) |
280
(31.1–4040) |
> 0.999 |
HEw-sIgE (kUA/L) |
9.95 (2.67–365) |
62.3 (5.43–365) |
8.22 (2.67–33.5) |
0.025 |
OVM-sIgE (kUA/L) |
8.66 (< 0.10–191) |
53.2
(3.22–191) |
4.57 (< 0.10–18.7) |
0.004 |
QEw-sIgE (kUA/L) |
4.15 (0.73–>
100)¶
|
36.8 (2.75–>
100)¶
|
3.28 (0.73–14.2)†
|
0.019 |
SPT wheal diameter to HEw (mm) |
15 (3–32) |
23
(11–32)‡
|
14 (3–22)§
|
0.101 |
SPT wheal diameter to QEw (mm) |
12 (0–25) |
13
(10–25)‡
|
11 (0–24)§
|
0.295 |