Table 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics of the Participants | IgE-Mediated Food Allergy (1) | Control Group Lack of IgE-Mediated Food Allergy (0) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Delayed-Type Food Allergy (2) | Control Group Lack of Food Allergy (3) |
||
| No. of subjects | 36 | 15 | 25 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 19 (52.8%) | 11 (73.3%) | 14 (56%) |
| Female | 17 (47.2%) | 4 (26.7%) | 11 (44%) |
| Age [months] | |||
| Median | 23.5 | 12 | 20.5 |
| Mean | 25.81 | 13.2 | 26.6 |
| Range | 6–60 | 6–36 | 2–60 |
| Eczema [for the last 6 weeks or more] | 36 | 15 | 25 |
| Patient age on the onset of eczema [months] | |||
| Median | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Mean | 4.4 | 3.73 | 8.9 |
| Range | 1–24 | 1–10 | 2–36 |
| Atopic dermatitis (L20) | 36 | 15 | 25 |
| Association with foods: | |||
| Milk | 27 | 11 | 13 |
| Egg | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Egg white | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Egg yolk | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cocoa | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Chocolate | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oatmeal | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Flour | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wheat | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gluten | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rye bread | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ketchup | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweets | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuts | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Coconut | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fruits | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Banana | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Strawberry | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Apple | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Peach | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrus | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Juice | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carrot | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomato | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Potato | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Soy | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chickpeas | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Silage | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allergic Urticaria (L50) | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Angiodema (T78.3) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| The causative food: | |||
| Hazelnut | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milk | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Egg | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Egg white | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peanut | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| White fish | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raisins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gluten | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cauliflower | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anaphylactic shock (T78.0) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Symptoms of a generalized reaction: | |||
| Dyspnoea | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vascular edema | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hives | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrenaline | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The causative food: | |||
| Hazelnut | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Milk | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peanut | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egg | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fish (cod) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chronic symptoms of the digestive system: | |||
| Colic | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Abdominal pain | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Abdominal gas | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Vomiting, Downpouring | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Diarrhea | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Constipation | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mucus in the stool | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Blood in the stool | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chronic diseases: | |||
| Early childhood asthma | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Recurrent bronchitis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neurogenic bladder | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |