Table 1.
Patients’ baseline and follow up characteristics.
| Patients (number) | 53 | |||
| Females (number, %) | 18 (33.96%) | |||
|
Age (years)
(mean ± standard deviation) |
33.43 ± 9.36 | |||
|
SPT mean wheal size (mm)
(median [minimum, maximum]) |
3 [3, 12] | |||
| bgNCT positive (number, %) | 47 (88.68%) | |||
|
TNSS
(median[minimu, maximum]) |
12 [9, 15] | |||
|
SPT mean wheal size (mm)
(median [minimum, maximum]) |
bgNCT positive |
bgNCT negative |
p value | |
| 8 [3, 15] | 5 [3, 6] | 0.0003* | ||
|
PNIF
(mean ± standard deviation) |
Before bgNCT |
After positive bgNCT |
8 hours after positive bgNCT |
p value |
| 90.85 ± 19.75 | 63.49 ± 24.37 | 93.68 ± 18.69 | <0.0001* | |
|
PNIF fall after bgNCT
(median [minimum, maximum]) |
-30.0 [-100.0, 30.0] | |||
|
PEF
(mean ± standard deviation) |
Before bgNCT |
After bgNCT |
p value | |
| 456.6 ± 70.41 | 442.15 ± 82.84 | 0.3354 | ||
|
PEF fall after bgNCT
(median [minimum, maximum]) |
-0 [-100, 50] | |||
SPT - Skin Prick Test; bgNCT - Bermuda Grass Nasal Challenge Test; TNSS - Total Nasal Symptom Score; PNIF - Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow; PEF - Peak Expiratory Flow.