Table 1.
Characteristics of the children
| Peanut Allergic: Low Tolerance (LT) N=13 |
Peanut Allergic: High Tolerance (HT) N=38 |
Not Peanut Allergic (NPA) N=8 |
P value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age: years | 8.5 (4.1) | 7.8 (3.5) | 7.5 (3.0) | 0.80 |
| Gender: female | 4 (31%) | 12 (32%) | 2 (25%) | 1 |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.70 | |||
| Asian | 3 (23%) | 4 (11%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Black | 1 (8%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (13%) | |
| Latino | 1 (8%) | 4 (11%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Multiple Races or Unknown | 2 (15%) | 7 (18%) | 2 (25%) | |
| White | 6 (46%) | 22 (58%) | 5 (63%) | |
| Cumulative peanut dose (mg) at reaction | 117 (50.1) | 2448 (2855.6) | NA | 0.005 |
| Peanut sIgE (kUA/L) | 17.1 (11.7) | 6.6 (7.3) | 5.3 (7.3) | 0.0007 |
| Peanut skin prick test (wheal mm) | 9.5 (2.7) | 8.6 (2.7) | 6.3 (2.1) | 0.03 |
| Other atopic disease | ||||
| Atopic dermatitis | 7 (54%) | 22 (58%) | 5 (63%) | 1 |
| Asthma | 4 (31%) | 11 (29%) | 1 (13%) | 0.76 |
| Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis | 9 (69%) | 22 (58%) | 3 (38%) | 0.37 |
| Other food allergy | ||||
| Cow’s milk | 3 (23%) | 6 (16%) | 1 (13%) | 0.87 |
| Egg | 7 (54%) | 11 (29%) | 3 (38%) | 0.27 |
| Sesame | 6 (46%) | 15 (39%) | 2 (25%) | 0.63 |
| Wheat | 3 (23%) | 3 (8%) | 2 (25%) | 0.18 |
| Tree nut1 | 8 (62%) | 29 (76%) | 4 (50%) | 0.20 |
Mean (SD) or number (%) are shown.
P values were calculated using Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and ANOVA for continuous variables.
1
Tree nut includes almond, hazelnut, cashew and/or walnut.