Table 2.

Summaries of other analyses in the United States with results on racial disparities and allergic sensitization.

Study name	Authors	Sample size	Study population	Participant ages	Allergens studied	Test
Southfield Childhood Allergy Study (SCAS)	Joseph CLM, et al.	569	Middle class, suburban Detroit, Michigan residents	6-8 years	Dermatophagoides farinae, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, cat, dog, Alternaria, short ragweed, bluegrass and cockroach	Skin prick test and allergen- specific IgE
WHEALS	Wegienka et al. (CEA) Wegienka et al. (Allergy Asthma Proc)	466 African American 223 White	Urban and suburban Detroit, Michigan residents	2-3 years	Dermatophagoides farinae, Timothy grass, cat, dog, Alternaria, ragweed, egg, peanut, milk and cockroach (Blatella germanica)	Allergen- specific IgE
Boston Birth Cohort	Kumar et al.	672 black 65 white	Born at Boston Medical Center	2 years	Egg white, cow’s milk, peanut, soy, shrimp, walnut, wheat and cod	Allergen- specific IgE
Easy Breathing	Celedon et al.	791	Asthmatic children in urban and suburban Hartford, Connecticut	4-18 years	cockroach (Blatella germanica), house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus), cat dander, dog dander, mold mix, mixed tree pollen, mixed grass pollen, ragweed, weed mix, and mugwort/sage	Skin prick test
None provided	Stevenson et al.	275	No family or personal history of allergic diseases		2 mold mixes, grass mix, ragweed (giant and short), 2 tree pollen mixes, weed mix, dust mite mix (der f and der p), cat (fel d 1), dog (hair and dander) and cockroach mix (Blatella germanica and Periplaneta americana)	Skin prick test
Boston Epidemiology of Home Allergens and Asthma	Lintonjua et al.	577 white 169 black	Women who delivered at Brigham and Women’s Hospital		dust mite, dog, cat, cockroach, Alternaria species, Aspergillus species, ryegrass and ragweed	Allergen- specific IgE
WHEALS	Wegienka et al. JACI	563 Black women 219 White women	Pregnant women in urban and suburban Detroit	21-49 Years	Dermatophagoides farinae, Timothy grass, cat, dog, Alternaria, ragweed, egg and cockroach (Blatella germanica)	Allergen- specific IgE