Table 1.
Positive rate of each allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) detected by multiple allergen simultaneous test-immunoblot assay subdivided by seasons.
| Allergen | Total (100%, n = 120) |
Spring (24.2%, n = 29) |
Summer (40.8%, n = 49) |
Fall (26.7%, n = 32) |
Winter (8.3%, n = 10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIgE | 57.5 | 51.7 | 63.3 | 50.0 | 60.0 |
| D. farinae | 36.7 | 27.6 | 46.9 | 31.3 | 30.0 |
| D. pteronyssinus | 34.2 | 17.2 | 44.9 | 34.4 | 30.0 |
| Tyrophagus putr. | 17.5 | 6.9 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 10.0 |
| Alternaria | 15.8 | 3.4 | 24.5 | 12.5 | 20.0 |
| House dust | 14.2 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 20.0 |
| Mugwort | 11.7 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 31.3 | 0.0 |
| Cat | 10.8 | 3.4 | 14.3 | 9.4 | 20.0 |
| Ragweed | 9.2 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 10.0 |
| Oxeye-daisy | 8.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 20.0 |
| Japanese hop | 8.3 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 10.0 |
| Birch-Alder mix | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 10.0 |
| Rye pollen | 7.5 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Dandelion | 6.7 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 10.0 |
| Acarus siro | 5.8 | 13.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Milk | 5.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Cedar, Japan | 5.0 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Cladosporium | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 20.0 |
| Russian Thistle | 4.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Egg white | 4.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Cockroach | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Peach | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Mackerel | 3.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Sycamore mix | 3.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| Pigweed | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Bermuda grass | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| Sweet vernal grass | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Dog | 2.5 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Orchard grass | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Hazelnut | 2.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| Acacia | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| Sallow willow | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| CCD mix | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Reed | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Timothy grass | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Oak, White | 2.5 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Crab | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Honey bee | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Potato | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Soybean | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pine | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Poplar mix | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Pork | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Aspergillus | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Cucumber | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wheat flour | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Penicillium | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Latex | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cacao | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pupa | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Mango | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Banana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Raw chestnut | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Buckwheat meal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Candida albicans | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Guinea pig | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Peanut | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sesame | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
IgE, immunoglobulin E; TIgE, serum total immunoglobulin E; D. farinae, Dermatophagoides farinae; D. pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Tyrophagus putr., Tyrophagus putrescentiae; CCD, Cross-reactive carbohydrate determinant.