Table 3.
Consistency of SPT findings between ages 31 and 46 by sex.
| 31 years | 46 years | Cat | Birch | Timothy | HDM | All | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | P* | F | M | P* | F | M | P* | F | M | P * | F | M | P* | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| SPT consistency | 0.018 | 0.152 | < 0.001 | 0.120 | < 0.001 | |||||||||||
| N | P | 81 (4.4) | 64 (4.1) | 0.636 | 93 (5.1) | 65 (4.1) | 0.204 | 54 (2.9) | 58 (3.7) | 0.216 | 46 (2.5) | 36 (2.3) | 0.692 | 141 (7.7) | 102 (6.5) | 0.186 |
| P | N | 81 (4.4) | 66 (4.2) | 0.774 | 79 (4.3) | 63 (4.0) | 0.680 | 60 (3.3) | 49 (3.1) | 0.815 | 69 (3.8) | 64 (4.1) | 0.653 | 110 (6.0) | 86 (5.5) | 0.529 |
| P | P | 173 (9.4) | 201 (12.8) | 0.002 | 192 (10.4) | 198 (12.6) | 0.047 | 175 (9.5) | 224 (14.3) | < 0.001 | 31 (1.7) | 45 (2.9) | 0.020 | 373 (20.3) | 414 (26.4) | < 0.001 |
| N | N | 1504 (81.8) | 1239 (78.9) | 0.035 | 1475 (80.2) | 1244 (79.2) | 0.482 | 1550 (84.3) | 1239 (78.9) | < 0.001 | 1693 (92.1) | 1425 (90.8) | 0.177 | 1215 (66.1) | 968 (61.7) | 0.008 |
| All | All | 1839 (100) | 1570 (100) | 1839 (100) | 1570 (100) | 1839 (100) | 1570 (100) | 1839 (100) | 1570 (100) | 1839 (100) | 1570 (100) | |||||
HDM house dust mite, SPT skin prick test, F female, M male, y years, N negative, P positive, Ref Reference.
*P value for difference between sexes.