TABLE 3.

Comparison of average concentrations in cell equivalents (CE) per mg dust for each of the 36 molds in homes of children with difficult- versus easy-to-control asthma using the Wilcoxon rank sum test, corrected for multiple comparisons using the Holms–Bonferroni test. (Significant differences are bolded.)

Molds	Difficult Average	Easy Average	Wilcoxon Test
Group 1	CE/mg dust	CE/mg dust	p-value
Aspergillus flavus	5.29	3.32	0.06
Aspergillus fumigatus	1.95	3.15	0.36
Aspergillus niger	173.67	162.70	0.12
Aspergillus ochraceus	9.04	27.39	0.89
Aspergillus penicillioides	1505.66	572.73	0.97
Aspergillus restrictus	1.57	5.42	0.99
Aspergillus sclerotiorum	1.65	21.07	0.94
Aspergillus sydowii	98.95	42.78	0.13
Aspergillus unguis	59.70	6.80	0.34
Aspergillus versicolor	86.06	326.56	0.71
Aureobasidium pullulans	698.88	441.93	0.45
Chaetomium globosum	9.03	4.15	0.002
Cladosporium sphaerospermum	40.12	36.95	0.82
Eurotium amstelodami	2078.36	503.92	0.44
Paecilomyces variotii	6.17	4.65	0.57
Penicillium brevicompactum	178.70	8.54	0.59
Penicillium corylophilum	19.05	5.22	0.39
Penicillium crustosum	30.27	16.40	0.08
Penicillium purpurogenum	4.12	0.15	0.03
Penicillium spinulosum	0.34	0.02	0.17
Penicillium variabile	6.19	4.96	0.38
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis	370.39	4.51	0.02
Scopulariopsis chartarum	4.17	10.31	0.39
Stachybotrys chartarum	1.73	1.76	0.49
Trichoderma viride	3.60	24.55	0.08
Wallemia sebi	579.76	792.05	0.98
Group 2
Acremonium strictum	5.19	9.71	0.92
Alternaria alternata	245.57	133.27	0.19
Aspergillus ustus	6.58	2.99	0.03
Cladosporium cladosporioides Type 1	1246.83	882.09	0.65
Cladosporium cladosporioides Type 2	13.66	16.19	0.67
Cladosporium herbarum	787.84	449.30	0.32
Epicoccum nigrum	113.32	83.31	0.68
Mucor group	294.72	67.16	<0.001
Penicillium chrysogenum Type 2	694.65	80.38	0.01
Rhizopus stolonifer	70.64	12.94	0.09