Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics

Age (median [min–max] in years)

30 [20–57]

26 [19–60]

32 [21–51]

40 [24–62]

NS

Male sex (%)

2 (20%)

12 (60%)

6 (30%)

2 (17%)

0.041^c

Atopic history [number (%)]

 Allergic rhinitis

3^a (30%)

14 (70%)

16 (75%)

9 (75%)

 Atopic dermatitis

2 (20%)

5 (25%)

9 (50%)

5 (33%)

 Allergic asthma

–

9 (35%)

10 (55%)

8 (58%)

SPT (median [min–max] in mm)

 Birch

0*

6 [0–12]

7 [0–11]

9 [3–11]

NS

 Hazelnut

0*

4 [3–8]

5 [3–10]

6 [4–14]

NS

 Celery

0*

0 [0–7]

3 [0–10]

4 [0–7]

NS

 Apple

0*

3 [0–8]

4 [0–7]

5 [0–20]

NS

 Carrot

0*

0 [0–10]

3 [0–15]

4 [0–14]

NS

IgE (median [min–max] in kU/l)

 Total-IgE

16 [3–34]*

184 [20–2097]

178 [24–6861]

59 [26–4801]

NS

 sIgE Bet v 1

0.0 [0.0–0.1]*

3.5 [0.0–16.2]

10.2 [0.0–72.4]

5.9 [0.1–43.6]

NS

 sIgE Cor a 1

0.0 [0.0–0.1]*

1.9 [0.0–7.4]

6.7 [0.0–63.8]

3.5 [0.1–28.1]

0.0254^d

 sIgE Cor a 8

n.d.

n.d.

0.2 [0.0–1.3]

0.0 [0.0–0.0]

NS

Ratio^b (median [min–max])

 rBet v 1/total-IgE

0.00*

0.04 [0.00–4.19]

0.07 [0.00–13.0]

0.04 [0.00–11.9]

NS

 rCor a 1/total-IgE

0.00*

0.02 [0.00–0.80]

0.20 [0.00–4.36]

0.18 [0.00–4.77]

0.0226^e