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. 2024 Jul 5;34(7):324–330. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20230210

Table 4. Immunologic status at 2 and 4 years of age in relation to infantile peanut introduction.

  2 years old 4 years old


Total number Median (IQR) BLD number (%) P-valuea Total number Median (IQR) BLD number (%) P-valuea
Ara h 2 specific IgE (BUe/mL)
Infantile peanut introduction
 Yes 204 0.005
(0.005–0.005)
201 (98.5) 0.71 187 0.005
(0.005–0.005)
183 (97.8) 0.57
 No 4,033 0.005
(0.005–0.005)
3,985 (98.8)   3,766 0.005
(0.005–0.005)
3,707 (98.4)  
Ara h 2 specific IgG4 (BUg4/mL)
Infantile peanut introduction
 Yes 204 60.9 (58.8–63.5) 0 (0.0) 0.07 187 51.8 (50.1–56.0) 44 (22.7) 0.36
 No 4,033 60.6 (58.3–62.9) 0 (0.0)   3,767 51.9 (50.2–54.6) 855 (21.7)  

BLD, below the detection limit; IQR, interquartile range.

aThe Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for the analysis.