Table 1.

Children whose peanut allergy resolved and children whose allergy persisted. Values are numbers (percentages) of children unless stated otherwise

Variables	Resolvers (n=15)	Persisters (n=15)
Sex ratio (male:female)	10:5	10:5
Median age (years) at challenge (range)	5 (2-9)	5 (2-10)
Asthma, eczema, or rhinitis	8/15 (53)	13/15 (86)
At time of challenge
Asthma	5/15 (33)	7/15 (46)
Eczema	4/15 (26)	8/15 (53)
Rhinitis	1/15 (7)	3/15 (20)
Allergy to any other food*	2/15 (13)	9/15 (60)
Cows’ milk	1/15 (7)	1/15 (7)
Egg†	0	5/15 (33)
Tree nut	1/15 (7)	2/15 (13)
Soy	0	0
Median peanut specific IgE (KU/ml) (range)	0 (0-280)	6.8 (0-30)
Median total IgE (KU/ml) (range)	54 (5-4-500)	375 (49-830)

^*P=0.02.  

^†P=0.04.