Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patient cohort.

	No food allergy (n = 33)	Food allergy (n = 27)	p value
Baseline demography
Sex (m/%)	7/21%	6/22%	0.92
Age
Mean ± SD	49.1 ± 13.9	41.3 ± 14.3	0.038
Range	22–76	22–75
Laboratory parameters
Leukocyte count [× 109/L]
Mean ± SD	6.8 ± 1.6	6.1 ± 1.8	0.12
Serum CrP [mg/L]
Mean ± SD	1.3 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 1.4	0.40
Serum IgE [kU/L]
Mean ± SD	39.0 ± 34.1	108.7 ± 59.5	0.00003
Serum ECP [ng/mL]
Mean ± SD	11.4 ± 11.8	8.6 ± 5.4	0.93
Serum tryptase [µg/mL]
Mean ± SD	5.1 ± 4.2	4.4 ± 2.5	0.55
Serum TNF [pg/mL]
Mean ± SD	9.9 ± 6.4	8.3 ± 4.8	0.45
Serum histamine [pg/mL]
Mean ± SD	0.43 ± 0.35	0.35 ± 0.38	0.56
Serum DAO [U/mL]
Mean ± SD	13.8 ± 5.6	10.8 ± 7.7	0.21