TABLE E1.
Clinical history and serum specific IgE for food-allergic subjects
| Serum specific IgE (kU/L) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Food | Reaction* | Age (mo) reported | Diagnosis method | Walnut | Peanut | Egg white | Milk | Wheat | Soybean |
| 1 | Sesame seed | Unknown | 24 | Blood and skin test | <0.10 | 1.00 | 5.42 | 0.67 | 0.42 | 0.63 |
| Egg | Unknown | 24 | ||||||||
| Other nut | Unknown | 24 | ||||||||
| Peanut | Rash | 24 | ||||||||
| 2 | Soy | Diarrhea, nausea, hives | 12 | Blood and skin test | <0.10 | 2.05 | 22.4 | 1.9 | 0.65 | 1.27 |
| Wheat | Diarrhea, nausea, hives | 12 | ||||||||
| Peanut | Diarrhea, nausea, hives | 12 | ||||||||
| Egg | Diarrhea, nausea, hives | 12 | ||||||||
| Other nut | Unknown | 15 | ||||||||
| Fish | Diarrhea, nausea, hives | 24 | ||||||||
| 3 | Milk | Hives, nausea, wheeze, worsened eczema | 12 | Blood test and skin test | 3.05 | 8.72 | 5.03 | 9.88 | 5.06 | 3.89 |
| Egg | Nausea, vomiting, wheeze, sneezing/runny nose, watery eyes, hives, worsened eczema, fatigue | 12 | ||||||||
| Peanut | Nausea | 12 | Blood test and skin test | |||||||
| Other fish | Hives, nausea, diarrhea, worsened eczema, facial swelling, fussiness | 12 | ||||||||
| Soy | Hives, fussiness, vaginal itching, nausea, diarrhea | 18 | ||||||||
| Shellfish | Facial swelling, hives, worsened eczema, fussiness, nausea, diarrhea | 18 | ||||||||
| Wheat | Hives, fussiness, vaginal itching, nausea | 21 | ||||||||
| 4 | Shellfish | Hives, worsened eczema, nausea | 12 | |||||||
| Other fish | Hives, worsened eczema, nausea | 12 | ||||||||
| Egg | Hives, wheeze, worsened eczema, nausea | 12 | ||||||||
| Hot dog | Hives | 15 | ||||||||
| Milk | Hives, worsened eczema, nausea | 24 | ||||||||
| Wheat | Hives | 24 | ||||||||
| Peanut | Hives, worsened eczema, nausea | 27 | ||||||||
| 5 | Egg | Nausea, hives, fatigue | 18 | Skin test | 0.66 | 1.32 | 1.59 | 4.24 | 0.78 | 2.28 |
| 6 | Peanut | Hives, wheezing, sneezing, red eyes | 24 | History | 12.7 | >100 | 38.5 | 26 | 29 | 96.3 |
| 7 | Other nut | Eyes swelled shut, itchy | 36 | Skin test | 0.72 | 2.07 | 4.41 | 8.51 | 1.95 | 0.96 |
| 8 | Unknown | Unknown | 15 | Blood test | 0.25 | >100 | 0.71 | <0.10 | 0.15 | 2.2 |
| Peanut | Hives | 24 | ||||||||
| 9 | Peanut | Hives on 1 body part only | 15 | Blood and skin test | 1.54 | 9.76 | 5.67 | 0.94 | 2.07 | 2.96 |
| Egg | Nausea, hives | 15 | ||||||||
| Pea | Hives on 1 body part only | 24 | ||||||||
| Lentil | Hives on 1 body part only | 24 | ||||||||
| Other nut | Unknown | 30 | ||||||||
| 10 | Peanut | Not asked† | 12 | Not asked† | <0.10 | 0.79 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.27 | <0.10 |
| Egg | Not asked† | 12 | ||||||||
| 11 | Egg | Not asked† | 12 | Not asked† | <0.10 | <0.10 | 0.62 | <0.10 | <0.10 | <0.10 |
| 12 | Egg | Hives on 1 body part only, nausea, cough | 27 | Blood test | <0.10 | 0.37 | 3.75 | 1.88 | 0.90 | 0.91 |
| Candy/sweets | Nausea | 36 | ||||||||
*
Unless it is specified that hives occurred on 1 body part only, hives occurred on at least 2 body parts.
†
A less detailed version of the questionnaire that did not ask about reaction type or method of food allergy diagnosis was used early in the study.