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Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2012 Jun;108(6):435–438. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2012.04.010

Table 2.

Atopic symptoms in all patients and age-matched patients with ED syndromes vs ISAAC patients

Question	Patients with ED syndrome, all ages, No. (%)	Patients with ED syndrome, 13- to 4-year-olds, No. (%)	ISAAC patients, 13- to 14-year-olds, No. (%)
Child has had wheezing or whistling in the chest at any time in the past	174 (51.0)^a	26 (57.8)^b	769 (33.0)
Child has had wheezing or whistling in the chest in the last 12 months	108 (32.0)^a	15 (34.1)	533 (22.9)
Child has ever had asthma	109 (32.2)^a	16 (37.2)^b	382 (16.4)
Child has ever had rhinitis symptoms	261 (76.1)^a	36 (78.3)^b	907 (38.9)
Child has had rhinitis symptoms in the last 12 months	246 (72.6)^a	32 (72.7)^b	687 (29.5)
Child has had conjunctivitis and rhinitis symptoms in the last 12 months	139 (41.2)^a	21 (47.7)^b	312 (13.4)
Child has had a relapsing, pruritic rash	199 (58.4)^a	25 (54.3)^b	396 (17.0)
Child has had a nighttime pruritic rash in the last 12 months	24 (7.4)^a	5 (11.9)^b	31 (1.3)
Child has a history of eczema	198 (58.9)^a	22 (48.9)^b	190 (8.2)

Abbreviations: ED, ectodermal dysplasia; ISAAC, International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.

P = .001 when comparing patients with ED syndromes with ISAAC patients.

P = .001 when comparing age-matched patients with ED syndromes with ISAAC patients.