Table 3.

Selected results of associations among SPT(+) and rhinitis and fungal spore concentrations^*

	p-Values [positive (+) or negative (−) association]
	Health outcome
	SPT		Rhinitis
Genus	Any	Aero-allergen	Any	Combined with SPT(+) to any allergen
Total concentration	n.s.	n.s.	0.10 (+)	n.s.
Alternaria†	0.01 (+)	n.s.	0.10 (−)	n.s.
Ganoderma†	0.10 (−)	0.07 (−)	0.06 (+)	n.s.
Pithomyces†	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	0.10 (−)
Basidiospores‡	0.09 (−)	n.s.	0.01 (+)	n.s.
Penicillium/Aspergillus type‡	0.01 (+)	0.10 (+)	n.s.	n.s.
Cladosporium‡	0.04 (−)	0.03 (−)	n.s.	n.s.

n.s., not significant; LOD, limit of detection; SPT, skin prick tests.

^*p-values ≤ 0.10 are reported only.

^†Classified as <LOD or ≥LOD and analyzed by chi-square testing.

^‡Modeled continuously and analyzed by logistic regression.