Table 4.

Comparison between asthmatic patients with and without allergic rhinitis concerning prevalence of sIgE sensitization to aeroallergens among

	Asthma with allergic rhinitis (N = 42)		Asthma without allergic rhinitis (N = 80)		X2a	P value
	N	%	N	%
Cat epitheliae	5	6.3%	0	0.0%	2.74 FE	0.10
Dog epitheliae	6	7.5%	2	4.8%	0.34	0.56
Horse epitheliae	4	5.0%	0	0.0%	2.17 FE	0.30
Pigeon feather	5	6.3%	4	9.5%	0.43	0.51
Hen feather	4	5.0%	6	14.3%	3.16	0.08
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	14	17.5%	3	7.1%	2.46	0.12
Dermatophagoides farinae	8	10.0%	2	4.8%	1.00	0.032
German cockroach	19	23.8%	4	9.5%	3.64	0.06
Penicillium chrysogenum	4	5.0%	4	9.5%	0.92	0.34
Cladosporium herbarum	6	7.5%	4	9.5%	0.15	0.70
Aspergillus fumigatus	4	5.0%	4	9.5%	0.92	0.34
Candida albicans	13	16.3%	2	4.8%	3.37	0.07
Alternaria tenius	6	7.5%	2	4.8%	0.34	0.56
Trichophytonmentagrophytes	6	7.5%	2	4.8%	0.34	0.56
Straw dust	6	7.5%	3	7.1%	0.01	0.94
Cotton	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	0.53 FE	1.00

The bold represent the allergen (Dermatophagoides Farinae) that has satatistically significant difference among asthmatic patients with and without allergic rhinitis.

^aChi square test.