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Table 3 Double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) in community and outpatients

From: Food allergy in the Netherlands: differences in clinical severity, causative foods, sensitization and DBPCFC between community and outpatients

 

Community

Outpatients

 

N

Positive DBPCFC (%)

Negative DBPCFC (%)

Placebo reactor (%)

Objective signs* (%)

Subjective symptoms* (%)

N

Positive DBPCFC (%)

Negative DBPCFC (%)

Placebo reactor (%)

Objective signs* (%)

Subjective symptoms* (%)

Hazelnut

9

77.8

11.1

11.1

42.9

100

10

60

20

20

50

100

Peanut

1

100

0

0

0

100

9

66.7

22.2

11.1

50

100

Apple

5

60

0

40

33.3

66.7

8

50

12.5

37.5

0

100

Peach

2

100

0

0

0

100

1

100

0

0

0

100

Celery

1

100

0

0

100

100

0

-

-

-

-

-

Cow’s milk

0

-

-

-

-

-

1

100

0

0

0

100

Hen’s egg

0

-

-

-

-

-

1

100

0

0

0

100

  1. * This is calculated as a percentage from those with a positive DBPCFC.