Table I.
Enrollment SPT and specific IgE sensitization data from the EAT study
| Peanut | Egg | Milk | Sesame | Fish | Wheat | Any food | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPT >0 mm | |||||||
| EIG | 1.2% (8/652) | 3.7% (24/652) | 1.5% (10/652) | 0% (0/652) | 0% (0/652) | 0.2% (1/652) | 5.1% (33/652) |
| Specific IgE (kU/L) | |||||||
| Mean | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.004 | 0.07 | |
| Median | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| Range | 0-11.60 | 0-42.22 | 0-57.49 | 0-0.33 | 0-0.09 | 0-12.91 | |
| Specific IgE ≥0.1 kU/L | |||||||
| All participants | 3.6% (42/1166) | 6.7% (78/1170) | 6.0% (70/1169) | 2.0% (23/1151) | 0% (0/1164) | 4.3% (50/1165) | 15.6% (182/1170) |
| SIG | 3.1% (18/576) | 7.3% (42/577) | 6.6% (38/576) | 1.4% (8/572) | 0% (0/575) | 4.3% (25/576) | 15.4% (89/577) |
| EIG | 4.1% (24/590) | 6.1% (36/593) | 5.4% (32/593) | 2.6% (15/579) | 0% (0/589) | 4.2% (25/589) | 15.7% (93/593) |
| Specific IgE ≥0.35 kU/L | |||||||
| All participants | 1.6% (19/1166) | 3.9% (45/1170) | 2.8% (33/1169) | 0% (0/1151) | 0% (0/1164) | 0.9% (10/1165) | 6.4% (74/1170) |
| SIG | 1.6% (9/576) | 4.7% (27/577) | 3.3% (19/576) | 0% (0/572) | 0% (0/575) | 1.0% (6/589) | 6.9% (40/577) |
| EIG | 1.7% (10/590) | 3.0% (18/593) | 2.4% (14/593) | 0% (0/579) | 0% (0/589) | 0.7% (4/576) | 5.7% (34/593) |
Specific IgE levels were measured in 1170 children. However, some infants had very small amounts of serum obtained, and levels for all 6 individual foods could not be measured. Hence the denominator for individual foods varies (ranging from n = 1151 for sesame to n = 1170 for egg).