Comparison of RAST reactions to inhalant and food allergens between patient groups
| No of patients | % of RAST positive patients | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigen | |||||||||
| DF | Egg white | Milk | Mugwort | Soybean | Wheat | Rice | Candida | ||
| AD + eye (group 1) | 0 | 77.1* | 22.9¶ | 4.3 | 40.0* | 35.7* | 52.9* | 70.0* | 42.9* |
| Pure AD (group 2) | 85 | 74.1* | 16.5§ | 17.6† | 42.4* | 28.2* | 32.9* | 32.9* | 50.6* |
| AD + BA (group 3) | 32 | 93.8* | 37.5* | 25.0¶ | 31.3† | 21.9¶ | 37.5* | 37.5* | 46.9* |
| AD + AR (group 4) | 25 | 76.0* | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16.0§ | 16.0§ | 20.0§ | 52.0* |
| Controls (group 5) | 69 | 34.8 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 10.1 |
DF = Dermatophagoides farinae, mite antigen; Candida = Candida albicans.
Significance between patient groups and controls is indicated by symbols: *p<0.001, ¶p<0.005, †p<0.01, §p<0.05,
Significance among patient groups is shown below.
DF: p<0.05 between group 2 and group 3.
Egg white: p<0.005 between group 3 and group 4; p<0.05 between group 1 and group 4, and group 2 and group 3.
Milk: p<0.05 between group 1 and group 2, and group 3 and group 4; p<0.01 between group 1 and group 3.
Wheat: p<0.05 between group 1 and group 2; p<0.005 between group 1 and group 4.
Rice: p<0.001 between group 1 and group 2, and group 1 and group 4; p<0.005 between group 1 and group 3.