Table 5.
Prevalence of sensitization at age 31 and 46 in longitudinal sub-population by sex.
| 31 years | 46 years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | M | F | P* | All | M | F | P* | |
| n | 3409 | 1570 | 1839 | 3409 | 1570 | 1839 | ||
| Sensitization | 983 (28.8%) | 500 (31.8%) | 483 (26.3%) | < 0.001 | 1030 (30.2%) | 516 (32.9%) | 514 (27.9%) | 0.002 |
| Cat | 521 (15.3%) | 267 (17.0%) | 254 (13.8%) | 0.011 | 519 (15.2%) | 265 (16.9%) | 254 (13.8%) | 0.015 |
| Birch | 532 (15.6%) | 261 (16.6%) | 271 (14.7%) | 0.142 | 548 (16.1%) | 263 (16.8%) | 285 (15.5%) | 0.344 |
| Timothy | 508 (14.9%) | 273 (17.4%) | 235 (12.8%) | < 0.001 | 511 (15.0%) | 282 (18.0%) | 229 (12.5%) | < 0.001 |
| HDM | 209 (6.1%) | 109 (6.9%) | 100 (5.4%) | 0.079 | 158 (4.6%) | 81 (5.2%) | 77 (4.2%) | 0.206 |
HDM house dust mite.
*P value for difference between sexes.