Table II.

Positive test results of IgE antibody screen (Pharmacia CAP System) for major food antigens in 857 adults screened in primary care.

	Food screen	Milk	Boiled milk	Egg	Wheat	Peanut	Soya	Fish
No. of positive (>0.35 IU/l) subjects (% of screened subjects)	n = 46 (5.4)	n = 13 (1.5)	n = 3 (0.4)	n = 14 (1.6)	n = 14 (1.6)	n = 17 (2.0)	n = 9 (1.0)	n = 3 (0.4)
Group 1: Milk-related symptoms (% of screened subjects)	n = 42 (6)	n = 12 (1.4)	n = 3 (0.4)	n = 14 (1.6)	n = 13 (1.5)	n = 15 (1.8)	n = 8 (0.9)	n = 3 (0.4)
Group 2: No milk-related symptoms (% of screened subjects)	n = 4 (4)	n = 1 (0.1)	n = 0 (0)	n = 0 (0)	n = 1 (0.1)	n = 2 (0.2)	n = 1 (0.1)	n = 0 (0)

Note: *Comparisons between Group 1 and 2 statistically non-significant (p-values > 0.05, Fisher's exact test).