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. 2019 May 28;74(8):1480–1489. doi: 10.1111/all.13842

Table 2.

Targeted and untargeted treatment effects on grass and birch AIT groups on the total nasal symptom score (full analysis set)

  Treatment effect (ACC post‐treatment – ACC pretreatment), adjusted AUC of TNSS
Grass AIT (N = 46) Birch AIT (N = 48)
Targeted treatment postgrass –pregrass Untargeted treatment postbirch – prebirch Targeted treatment postbirch – prebirch Untargeted treatment postgrass – pregrass
n (missing) 40 (6) 41 (5) 43 (5) 42 (6)
Mean (SD) −13.55 (12.55) −3.32 (11.42) −9.81 (14.01) −6.29 (14.46)
95% CI (Mean) −17.56, −9.54 −6.92, 0.29 −14.13, −5.50 −10.79, −1.78
Median −12.5 −5.0 −7.0 −6.0
Min, Max −38.0, 18.0 −25.0, 22.0 −70.0, 13.0 −43.0, 31.0
Q25, Q75 −23.0, −7.0 −10.0, 3.0 −17.0, −1.0 −15.0, 4.0
Within‐group comparison Targeted vs Untargeted
P‐value* < 0.001 0.24
Between‐group comparison Targeted vs Untargeted for ACC grass : [postgrass – pregrass] on grass treatment vs [postgrass – pregrass] on birch treatment
P‐value* 0.02
Between‐group comparison Targeted vs Untargeted for ACC birch : [postbirch – prebirch] on birch treatment vs [postbirch – prebirch] on grass treatment
P‐value* 0.02

Abbreviations: ACC, allergen challenge chamber; AIT, allergen immunotherapy; AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; Max, maximum; Min, minimum; N, number of patients; n, number of patients with data; Q, quartile; SD, standard deviation; TNSS, total nasal symptom score.

*P‐value from 2‐sided 1‐sample t test.