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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Allergy. 2018 Feb;48(2):147–155. doi: 10.1111/cea.13077

Table 1.

Prevalence of allergic disease and aeroallergen sensitization outcomes in the IOW cohort and FLG-genotyped subpopulation

Total IOW cohort
n/N (%)
FLG-genotyped subpopulation
n/N (%)
p value
Gender
 Male 786/1536 (51.2) 569/1150 (49.5) 0.38
 Female 750/1536 (48.8) 581/1150 (50.5) 0.38
Eczema
 1 year 182/1364 (13.3) 145/1065 (13.6) 0.85
 2 years 259/1227 (21.1)   209/978 (21.2) 0.88
 4 years 147/1214 (12.1) 121/1008 (12.0) 0.94
 10 years 186/1358 (13.7) 164/1117 (14.6) 0.48
 18 years 161/1307 (12.3) 132/1086 (14.2) 0.90
Asthma
 4 years 182/1214 (15.0) 151/1006 (15.0) 1.0
 10 years 201/1368 (14.7) 136/1016 (13.4) 0.37
 18 years 231/1305 (17.7)#   162/973 (16.6) 0.49
Rhinitis
 4 years 66/1214 (5.4) 51/1007 (5.1) 0.75
 10 years 205/1362 (15.1) 184/1121 (16.4) 0.38
 18 years 468/1309 (35.8)^ 405/1087 (37.3) 0.45
Positive Aeroallergen sensitization
 1 or 2 years     79/563 (14.0)   71/473 (15.0) 0.65
 4 years   170/980 (17.3) 119/725 (16.4) 0.62
 10 years 276/1035 (26.7) 197/765 (25.8) 0.67
 18 years   343/851 (40.3)¥ 248/628 (39.5) 0.76

n: number of patients with specified characteristic or disease; N: total number of patients with available data for analysis at a specified time-point; %: prevalence

#

There was a significant increase in prevalence of asthma from 10 to 18 years (p = 0.005).

^

Rhinitis increased in prevalence from 4 to 18 years (p < 0.001).

¥

Aeroallergen sensitization increased in prevalence from 4 to 18 years (p < 0.001).