Table 4.
The relation between the occurrence of reactions to seafish and the occurrence of inhalant allergy (trees, grass, mites, animal dander, fungi, dust, and bird feather) in 332 patients
| Followed parameters | Sensitization to aeroallergens | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees | Grass | Mites | Animal dander | Fungi | Dust | Bird feather | ||||||||
| + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | |
| FHR to seafish yes | 20 (6%) | 15 (5%) | 27 (8%) | 8 (2%) | 22 (7%) | 13 (4%) | 19 (6%) | 16 (5%) | 16 (5%) | 19 (6%) | 10 (3%) | 25 (7%) | 7 (2%) | 28 (8%) |
| FHR to seafish no | 147 (45%) | 150 (45%) | 198 (60%) | 99 (30%) | 181 (55%) | 116 (34%) | 139 (42%) | 158 (48%) | 84 (25%) | 213 (64%) | 72 (22%) | 225 (68%) | 40 (12%) | 257 (78%) |
| Total number of patients | 167 (50%) | 165 (50%) | 225 (68%) | 107 (32%) | 203 (62%) | 129 (38%) | 158 (48%) | 174 (53%) | 100 (30%) | 232 (70%) | 82 (25%) | 250 (75%) | 47 (14%) | 285 (86%) |
| P | 0.392 | 0.210 | 0.826 | 0.402 | 0.034* CC=0.362 | 0.574 | 0.294 | |||||||
Pairs of these categories were entered in the contingency tables and the Chi-square test for relationship of these variables was performed with the level of significance set to 5%. The significant direct relation* between the occurrence of reactions to seafish and the sensitization to mixture of fungi was confirmed; the coefficient of concordance (CC) was calculated to see in which direction the dependence works