Table I.

Demographic and clinical data of patients with grass pollen allergy

Patient no.	Sex	Age (y)	Current grass pollen symptoms*	Other allergen sources†	Total IgE (kU/L)	Grass pollen IgE (kUA/L)	SPT (mm2)
1	F	28	r	a, h, t	77	3.3	72.4
2	M	34	c, r	a, f, m, t	94	33.1	14.8
3	M	26	c, r, a	a, f, h, t, w	462	22.5	101.7
4	M	30	c, r	—	33	14.6	20.6
5	F	29	c, r	t, w	395	82.6	17.4
6	M	44	c, r, d	—	82	5.9	61.2
7	M	34	c, r, a, d	a, f, t	680	19.7	34.2
8	M	22	c, r, a, d	a	740	167.0	55.7
9	M	30	c, r, d	a, h, t	10856	1204.0	238.7
10	F	31	c, r, a, d	f, h, t	4967	338.0	169.5
11	F	18	c, r, d	a, h, t, w	1249	92.3	61.9
12	F	32	c, r, a, d	a	695	31.9	20.4
13	F	29	c, r, a, d	a, t	110	19.7	58.4
14	M	41	a, d	a, f, t, w	649	93.8	119.7
15	F	24	r, a, d	a, t, f	346	33.8	159.3
16	M	40	r, d	a, h, t	9113	222.0	78.5
17	F	28	c, r	h, t	277	1.1	12.6
				Median	462	33	61

Shown are sex, age, current symptoms to grass pollen, sensitization to other allergen sources, total IgE levels, timothy grass pollen–specific IgE levels, and sizes of wheal reactions to grass pollen mix.

F, Female; kU_A, kilounits of antigen; M, male; SPT, skin prick test.

^*a, Asthma; c, conjunctivitis; d, dermatitis; r, rhinitis.

^†—, No other allergen source; a, animal dander; f, food; h, house dust mite; m, mold; t, tree pollen; w, weed pollen.