Table 2.
General characteristics of patients with and without beekeeping.
| Beekeepers n = 17 |
Nonbeekeepers n = 56 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age ± SD | 47.2 ± 10.3 | 41.8 ± 13.5 | 0.135 |
| Gender; female (%) | 4 (24) | 34 (61) | 0.007 |
| Culprit insect type in the first reaction (%) | |||
| Apis melifera | 15 (88) | 23 (41) | 0.003 |
| Vespula spp. | 1 (6) | 23 (41) | |
| Unknown | 1 (6) | 10 (18) | |
| Time elapsed after first reaction; month (IQR) | 12 (0.25–24) | 10.5 (0.5–24) | 0.85 |
| First reaction grade; n (%) | |||
| Grade 1 | 4 (24) | 2 (4) | 0.043 |
| Grade 2 | 2 (12) | 17 (30) | |
| Grade 3 | 6 (35) | 22 (39) | |
| Grade 4 | 5 (29) | 15 (27) | |
| Prick positivity; n (%) | |||
| Apis Mellifera | 17 (100) | 31 (55) | 0.001 |
| Vespula spp | 9 (53) | 42 (75) | 0.115 |
| sIgE positivity; n (%) | |||
| Apis Mellifera | 15 (88) | 23 (41) | 0.005 |
| Vespula Spp | 9 (53) | 36 (64) | 0.089 |
| Double-positives by any method; n (%) | 13 (77) | 28 (50) | 0.042 |