Table 5.

Outcome of the SPTs with HE egg-white and yolk (commercial extracts, raw and hard boiled) at the beginning (pre) and at the end (post) of the desensitization period; after the first and the second follow-ups in the desensitization group; and at the beginning, after 6 months, and after the first and the second follow-ups in the control group

SPT = Skin-prick test; HE = hen's egg; OIT-G = oral immunotherapy group; C-G = control group; N.S. = not significant; SD = standard deviation; OIT = oral immunotherapy. The cutaneous sensitivity significantly decreased for egg white (commercial extract, raw and hard boiled), and raw yolk but not for commercial and hard-boiled yolk; no significant change was observed in the children of the CG (but two who became tolerant to raw HE because they were successfully submitted to OIT) (matched-pairs Wilcoxon test); no significant differences were observed in the C-G.

#Pre vs post.

§Pre vs first follow-up.

¶Pre vs second follow-up.