Table IVB.

Prevalence, levels, and correlations of IgE antibody to food extracts or food molecular allergens by individual CAP and cross reactive pollen allergens.

Allergen	Prevalence		GM* (IU/ml)	Correlation† (R)	p value
	Number positive	%
Milk			1.2
Soy	18	46	1.1	0.091	0.7
Birch	12	32	2.9	0.30	0.3
Grass	18	42	4.4	0.27	0.3
Peanut			1.6
Soy	29	83	1.1	0.74	<0.001
Birch	19	58	3.9	0.71	0.001
Grass	21	64	3.2	0.80	<0.001
Wheat			1.4
Soy	27	61	1.1	0.76	<0.001
Birch	23	53	3.2	0.33	0.1
Grass	25	58	4.4	0.43	0.03
Soy			1.1
Ara h 1	5	19	1.5	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 2	5	19	1.9	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 3	2	10	0.76	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 8	10	37	0.84	0.32	0.4
Ara h 9	12	48	0.86	0.03	0.9
Birch			2.9
Ara h 1	3	17	0.76	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 2	3	17	0.85	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 3	2	13	0.76	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 8	10	56	0.92	0.95	<0.001
Ara h 9	8	47	0.75	0.60	0.1
Grass			3.4
Ara h 1	4	21	0.65	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 2	3	16	0.85	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 3	2	13	0.76	N/A‡	N/A‡
Ara h 8	9	47	1.0	0.67	0.05
Ara h 9	7	39	0.95	0.25	0.6

^*GM is the geometric mean level of serum IgE antibody in the positive samples.

^†Linear regression was used to compare serum IgE antibody to molecular allergens and whole allergen extracts.

^‡This statistical test was not performed because there were not enough positive samples.