. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Dec 1;126(6):1191–1197. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.08.036

Table 4.

Peanut specific IgE (kU_A/L), IgG and IgG4 (mg/L) and IgE/IgG ratio in relation to maternal ingestion. Frequent consumers have median levels 1.5 to 4 times higher. Each variable differs within the consumption groups (all p<.001 except E/G during breastfeeding p=.006).

Peanut consumption		Peanut IgE (median)	Peanut IgG (median)	Peanut IgG4 (median)	Peanut IgE/IgG ratio
Consumption during 3^rd trimester of pregnancy	Frequent	2.06	6.69	0.08	0.22
	Infrequent	0.50	3.90	0.04	0.12
Consumption during breastfeeding	Frequent	1.74	6.68	0.08	0.22
	Infrequent	0.54	3.74	0.03	0.14
	Not breastfed	0.88	7.04	0.10	0.19