Table 3.

Associations of allergen-specific and total IgE with indicators of asthma severity

Indicator	Urgent doctor visit					Emergency department visit					Hospitalization overnight
	No		Yes			No		Yes			No		Yes
	N	%	N	%	P-value	N	%	N	%	P-value	N	%	N	%	P-value
	344	75.9	109	24.1		350	77.3	103	22.7		398	87.9	55	12.14
Sensitized to cockroach					0.002					0.001					0.01
No	303	88.1	76	69.7		292	83.4	71	68.9		326	81.9	37	67.3
Yes	41	11.9	33	30.3		58	16.6	32	31.1		72	18.1	18	32.7
Sensitized to dust mite					0.003					0.003					0.004
No	304	88.4	84	77.1		309	88.3	79	76.7		348	87.4	40	72.7
Yes	40	11.6	25	22.9		41	11.7	24	23.3		50	12.6	15	27.3
Sensitized to cat					0.003					<0.0001					0.0009
No	326	94.8	94	86.2		334	95.4	86	83.5		375	94.2	45	81.8
Yes	18	5.2	15	13.8		16	4.6	17	16.5		23	5.8	10	18.2
Sensitized to
mouse					<0.0001					<0.0001					<0.0001
No	322	93.6	85	78.0		326	93.1	81	78.6		367	92.2	40	72.7
Yes	22	6.4	24	22.0		24	6.9	22	21.4		31	7.8	15	27.3
Sensitized to any of four				0.001						0.0004					0.002
No	247	71.8	60	55.0		252	72.0	55	53.4		280	70.4	27	49.1
Yes	97	28.2	49	45.0		98	28.0	48	46.6		118	29.6	28	50.9
Total IgE (IU/ml)					<0.0001					0.002					0.0006
<125	262	76.2	60	55.0		260	74.3	62	60.2		290	72.9	32	58.2
126–249	50	14.5	15	13.8		50	14.3	15	14.6		60	15.1	5	9.1
250–375	10	2.9	11	10.1		15	4.3	6	5.8		16	4.0	5	9.1
>375	22	6.4	23	21.1		25	7.1	20	19.4		32	8.0	13	23.6