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Table 2.

Comparison of the results of general participant information between the two groups.

Variable		Experimental（n = 58）	Control（n = 58）	T/Z/χ²	P
Sex	Male	30	29	χ² = 0.034	0.853^b
Sex	Female	28	29	χ² = 0.034	0.853^b
Age		33.38 ± 9.63	31.09 ± 8.84	t = 1.336	0.184^a
Level of education	Primary school	1	2	Z = −0.795	0.427^c
	Junior middle school	2	3
	Polytechnic school	7	9
	Senior middle school	14	13
	Junior college	21	20
	Bachelor's degree or above	13	11
Employment	Employed	48	45	χ² = 2.534	0.631^b
Employment	Unemployed	10	13	χ² = 2.534	0.631^b
Affordable medical costs	≤100	0	0	Z = −0.685	0.493^c
	＞ 100 ≤ 200	1	0
	＞ 200 ≤ 300	37	35
	＞ 300	20	23
Marital status	Unmarried	27	24	χ² = 1.437	0.697^b
	Married	25	28
	Divorce	6	5
	Widowed	0	1
Smoking status	No smoking	28	26	χ² = 0.139	0.710^b
Smoking status	Smoking	30	32	χ² = 0.139	0.710^b
Severity (VAS)		6.21 ± 1.95	6.34 ± 1.91	t = 1.336	0.810^a
Treatment	Use antiallergic medicine	47	43	χ² = 0.793	0.373^b
Treatment	SLIT only	11	15	χ² = 0.793	0.373^b
Sensitization data	Single dust mite allergy	30	27	χ² = 0.310	0.577^b
Sensitization data	Non-monoallergy	28	31	χ² = 0.310	0.577^b
Time of illness (months)		47.93 ± 24.86	46.86 ± 22.15	t = 0.244	0.807^a
Treatment duration (months)		2.53 ± 2.96	3.17 ± 2.75	t = −1.201	0.232^a
Complication	Allergic conjunctivitis	20	22	χ² = 1.618	0.951^b
	Food allergy	17	16
	Asthma	8	9
	Eczema	6	5
	Nettle-rash	4	3
	Other__	3	3
Whether nasal symptoms affects treatment	Does not affect	4	5	Z = −0.341	0.773^c
	Does not affect too much	7	8
	General	21	19
	Affects to some extent	9	11
	Affects highly	17	15
Whether residence affects treatment	Does not affect	5	9	Z = −0.607	0.544^c
	Does not affect too much	13	11
	General	24	22
	Affects to some extent	9	10
	Affects highly	7	6
Treatment effect	Not good	2	3	Z = −0.234	0.815^c
	General	39	36
	Good	17	19

Independent-samples t-test.

χ2 test.

Mann-Whitney U test.