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. 2008 Sep;38(9):1507–1513. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03046.x

Table 3.

Odds Ratios (ORs) for sensitization to birch, timothy, cat and dog at 8 years of age if sensitized to different food allergens at 4 years of age adjusted for (I) parental allergy and sex and (II) as in (I) but also for each food allergen tested and Phadiatop®

Birch sensitized at 8 (N=312) Timothy sensitized at 8 (N=291) Cat sensitized at 8 (N=255) Dog sensitized at 8 (N=233)




Sensitized at 4 OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Egg white, N=106
 Adjusted I 7.2 4.7–11 5.1 3.3–7.9 6.1 4.0–9.3 7.7 5.0–12
 Adjusted II 1.5 0.7–3.2 0.8 0.4–1.7 1.2 0.6–2.4 1.9 0.9–3.9
Milk, N=184
 Adjusted I 4.1 2.9–5.7 3.5 2.4–4.9 3.7 2.6–5.3 3.6 2.5–5.1
 Adjusted II 1.4 0.8–2.5 1.2 0.7–2.1 1.3 0.7–2.2 0.7 0.4–1.4
Wheat, N=81
 Adjusted I 15 9.3–26 12 7.5–20 11 6.6–17 13 8.0–21
 Adjusted II 1.6 0.7–3.7 1.7 0.8–3.7 1.4 0.7–2.8 1.0 0.5–2.2
Peanut, N=117
 Adjusted I 12 8.2–19 11 7.6–17 9.3 6.2–14 16 10–24
 Adjusted II 1.4 0.7–2.7 2.1 1.2–3.8 1.4 0.8–2.6 3.1 1.7–5.7

CI, confidence interval.