Table 3.
Distribution of children among geographic and climate zones according to hypersensitivity to food components.
| Group | Number (%) of children with hypersensitivity to food components | Total number (%) of children in a group | Total number of food components | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Two | Three | Four | Unidentified | |||
| Forest-Grassland | 146 (79)* | 24 (13) | 10 (5.4) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.7) | 185 (100) | 229 |
| Lowland | 69 (42) | 66 (41) | 19 (12) | 0 (0) | 9 (5.5) | 163 (100) | 267 |
| Carpathian foothills | 10 (7.2) | 40 (29) | 44 (32) | 25 (18) | 20 (14) | 139 (100) | 342 |
| Carpathians | 4 (4.0) | 3 (3.0) | 21 (21) | 37 (37) | 34 (34) | 99 (100) | 255 |
| Lviv City | 105 (47) | 58 (26) | 43 (19) | 14 (6.3) | 3 (1.4) | 223 (100) | 409 |
| Total | 334 (41) | 191 (24) | 137 (17) | 76 (9.4) | 71 (8.8) | 809 (100) | 1,502 |
*
Percentage of children with hypersensitivity to food components was calculated according to the equation below: Forest-Grassland group has 185 respondents (100%). Hypersensitivity to one food component is present in 146 responsents. Thus, 146/185 × 100% = 79%.