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. 2018 Mar 4;73(7):1532–1540. doi: 10.1111/all.13423

Table 5.

Prediction of the severity of DBPCFC reaction (Astier) per type of food

Food Predictor Original data Imputed analysis—pooled
R 2 N B 95% CI P‐value N B 95% CI P‐value
Cashew Age 0.149 125 0.07 0.01 to 0.12 .018 127 0.07 0.01 to 0.12 .016
Severity of accidental reaction 0.17 0.03 to 0.32 .019 0.17 0.03 to 0.31 .017
Family history of asthma (father) −1.08 −1.71 to −0.45 .001 −1.06 −1.68 to −0.44 .001
Cow's milk sIgEa 0.270 130 0.18 −0.03 to 0.44 .091 150 0.26 0.04 to 0.52 .017
SPT 0.72 0.32 to 1.13 .001 0.66 0.25 to 1.07 .002
Family history of atopic dermatitis (mother) 0.47 0.01 to 0.93 .045 0.46 0.03 to 0.89 .036
Hazelnut EDa 0.195 77 −0.26 −0.45 to −0.09 .002 83 −0.30 −0.50 to −0.14 <.001
Family history of atopic dermatitis (father) −0.98 −1.75 to −0.22 .012 −0.98 −1.74 to −0.23 .010
Family history of asthma (father) 1.03 0.04 to 2.02 .041 1.15 0.13 to 2.16 .027
Hen's egg SPT 0.128 77 0.46 0.06 to 0.87 .025 90 0.44 0.07 to 0.81 .020
Family history of food allergy (mother) −0.95 −1.86 to −0.05 .040 −0.91 −1.72 to −0.10 .028
Peanut History of rhinoconjunctivitis 0.109 234 0.33 0.01 to 0.65 .045 284 0.31 0.003 to 0.62 .048
Reaction time during the DBPCFC −0.004 −0.01 to 0.001 .124 −0.01 −0.01 to 0.00 .035
EDa −0.10 −0.20 to −0.02 .021 −0.18 −0.28 to −0.09 <.001
sIgEa 0.19 0.06 to 0.33 .004 0.12 0.001 to 0.26 .048
Family history of asthma (mother) −0.43 −0.85 to −0.01 .045 −0.41 −0.81 to −0.02 .042

CI, confidence interval; DBPCFC, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled food challenge; ED, eliciting dose; sIgE, specific immunoglobulin E; R2, explained variance; SPT, skin prick test.

a

Back‐transformed values.