Table 3.
The prevalence of allergen sensitizations based on skin prick tests
| Characteristics | Total | Boys | % | Girls | % | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House dust mite | 3192 | 0.007 | ||||
| – | 2266 | 1191 | 69.0 | 1075 | 73.3 | |
| + | 926 | 535 | 31.0 | 391 | 26.7 | |
| Cockroach | 0.549 | |||||
| – | 3092 | 1669 | 96.7 | 1423 | 97.1 | |
| + | 100 | 57 | 3.3 | 43 | 2.9 | |
| Dog dander | 0.926 | |||||
| – | 3175 | 1717 | 99.5 | 1458 | 99.5 | |
| + | 17 | 9 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Milk | 0.983 | |||||
| – | 3166 | 1712 | 99.2 | 1454 | 99.2 | |
| + | 26 | 14 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.8 | |
| Egg | 0.366 | |||||
| – | 3170 | 1712 | 99.2 | 1458 | 99.5 | |
| + | 22 | 14 | 0.8 | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Crab | 0.366 | |||||
| – | 3170 | 1712 | 99.2 | 1458 | 99.5 | |
| + | 22 | 14 | 0.8 | 8 | 0.5 |