Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| Characteristics | Total cohort |
|---|---|
| Patients, no. | 386 |
| Gender, no. (%) | |
| Male | 224 (58.00) |
| Female | 162 (42.00) |
| Age, (mean ± SD) | 32.00 (14.00, 48.00) |
| Allergic diseases, no. (%) | |
| Bronchial asthma | |
| Yes | 197 |
| No | 136 |
| Unknown | 53 |
| Allergic rhinitis | |
| Yes | 162 |
| No | 151 |
| Unknown | 73 |
| Total IgE (tIgE), no. (%) | |
| x ≤ 200 | 105 (27.20) |
| 200 < x ≤ 500 | 94 (24.35) |
| 500 < x ≤ 1000 | 59 (15.28) |
| >1000 | 72 (18.65) |
| Not available | 56 (14.51) |
| sIgE (mean ± SD) of German cockroach | 3.51 ± 6.94 |
| sIgE level of German cockroach, no. (%) | |
| Negative | 73 (18.91) |
| Levle 1 | 52 (13.47) |
| Levle 2 | 179 (46.37) |
| Levle 3 | 70 (18.13) |
| Levle 4 | 10 (2.59) |
| Levle 5 | 2 (0.52) |
| sIgE (mean ± SD) of silk moth | 5.88 ± 10.25 |
| sIgE level of silk moth, no. (%) | |
| Negative | 71 (18.39) |
| Levle 1 | 33 (8.55) |
| Levle 2 | 138 (35.75) |
| Levle 3 | 118 (30.57) |
| Levle 4 | 23 (5.96) |
| Levle 5 | 3 (0.78) |