Table 6.
Allergy at baseline examination
| Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–39 | 40–59 | 60–79 | 18–39 | 40–59 | 60–79 | |
| n = 258 | n = 2259 | n = 2248 | n = 255 | n = 2693 | n = 2287 | |
| Skin prick testa | n = 181 | n = 1524 | n = 1316 | n = 167 | n = 1689 | n = 1298 |
| Ambrosia | 11 (6.1) | 65 (4.3) | 36 (2.7) | 7 (4.2) | 60 (3.6) | 42 (3.2) |
| Birch | 64 (35.4) | 296 (19.4) | 135 (10.3) | 32 (19.2) | 234 (13.9) | 98 (7.6) |
| Timothy grass | 49 (27.1) | 268 (17.6) | 141 (10.7) | 28 (16.8) | 298 (17.6) | 174 (13.4) |
| Mugwort | 24 (13.3) | 86 (5.6) | 31 (2.4) | 9 (5.4) | 70 (4.1) | 15 (1.2) |
| Alternaria | 29 (16.0) | 179 (11.7) | 85 (6.5) | 19 (11.4) | 172 (10.2) | 90 (6.9) |
| House dust mite (Dermatophagoides pt.) | 49 (27.1) | 131 (8.6) | 95 (7.2) | 23 (13.8) | 126 (7.5) | 44 (3.4) |
| Allergy questionnairea | n = 233 | n = 2119 | n = 2096 | n = 224 | n = 2464 | n = 2124 |
| Urtikaria | 18 (7.7) | 104 (4.9) | 72 (3.4) | 16 (7.1) | 247 (10.0) | 161 (7.6) |
| Anaphylaxis | 6 (2.6) | 43 (2.0) | 43 (2.1) | 7 (3.1) | 98 (4.0) | 65 (3.1) |
| Food allergy | 42 (18.0) | 254 (12.0) | 164 (7.8) | 48 (21.4) | 466 (18.9) | 263 (12.4) |
| Insect allergy | 14 (6.0) | 151 (7.1) | 125 (6.0) | 26 (11.6) | 306 (12.4) | 270 (12.7) |
Numbers represent absolute counts and numbers in brackets represent percentages, unless otherwise specified.
a
Groups are not mutually exclusive.