Table I.

Descriptive statistics and percents for baseline physician diagnoses, allergic sensitization and race.^*

	White	Black	p-value†
N	219	563
Total IgE Geometric Mean (95% CI)	20.0 IU/mL (95%CI 16.2, 24.6 IU/mL)	47.8 IU/mL (95%CI 42.5, 53.8)	<0.001
Had ≥ 1 allergen specific IgE ≥ 0.35 kU/l?	88 (40.2%) N (%)	352 (62.5%) N (%)	<0.001
Allergen specific IgE≥ 0.35 kU/l:
Dog	32 (14.6%)	130 (23.2%)	0.008
Cat	38 (17.4%)	128 (22.9%)	0.097
Alternaria alternata	26 (11.9%)	150 (26.8%)	<0.001
Cockroach	12 (5.5%)	109 (19.5%)	<0.001
Dust mite (Der F)	50 (22.8%)	131 (23.4%)	0.86
Short Ragweed	45 (20.6%)	214 (38.3%)	<0.001
Timothy grass	38 (17.4%)	175 (31.4%)	<0.001
Egg	2 (0.9%)	12 (2.1%)	0.37
Doctor Diagnoses
Ever had doctor diagnoses of hay fever/nasal allergies/allergic rhinitis	38 (17.5%)	87 (15.7%)	0.55
Ever had doctor diagnosis of asthma	35 (16.0%)	128 (22.7%)	0.037
Current asthma (ever doctor diagnosis plus either attack or asthma meds in last 12 months)	21 (9.6%)	48 (8.5%)	0.64
Ever had doctor diagnosis of eczema	32 (14.8%)	122 (21.9%)	0.025

^*Totals vary due to some missing data: 16 missing doctor diagnosis to hay fever/nasal allergies/allergic rhinitis; 1 missing response to doctor diagnosis of asthma and currents asthma; and, 9 missing responses for doctor diagnosis of eczema.

^†P-values test differences in percents of each outcome between Black women and White women