Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of children in the study

Character	Group 1 15–30 kg mean (range) n = 102	Group 2 >30 kg mean (range) n = 100	Difference p<
Age (years)	5.7 (2–10)	13.3 (7–18)	–
Boys/girls	62/40	60/40	ns
Height (cm)	115.8 (83.8–144.8)	161.7 (121.9–190.5)	–
Weight (kg)	21.3 (14.5–29.9)	54.4 (30.4–88.9)	–
BMIa (kg/m2)	15.9 (10.8–24.3)	20.5(14.5–31.4)	0.00001

All subjects had food allergy necessitating the prescription of EAI

^atwo-tailed t-test

– not meaningful comparison

ns not significant