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Table 4 Demographic characteristics of patients in the grass pollen study

From: Early nonreactivity in the conjunctival provocation test predicts beneficial outcome of sublingual immunotherapy

 

1000 UA/day

Placebo

Reaction

No reaction

Patient population

n

35

9

38

Male

n

18

3

21

%

51.4

33.3

55.3

Female

n

17

6

17

%

48.6

66.7

44.7

Mean age

yr

39.31

40.11

37.63

SD

12.19

11.94

13.10

Mean duration of rhinitis

yr

18.86

22.78

23.03

SD

12.94

13.07

12.54

Bronchial asthma

n

2

0

4

%

5.7

 

10.5

Atopic dermatitis

n

0

0

0

%

0

0

0

Grass pollen

n

All

%

100

Rye pollen

n

34

9

37

%

97.1

100

97.4

Hazel pollen

n

9

2

11

%

25.7

22.2

28.9

Ambrosia

n

4

0

6

%

11.4

0

15.8

Birch pollen

n

11

2

16

%

31.4

22.2

42.1

Mugwort

n

7

2

11

%

20.0

22.2

28.9

House dust mite

n

4

2

8

%

11.4

22.2

21.1

Cat dander

n

7

1

5

%

20.0

11.1

13.2

Dog dander

n

7

3

6

%

20.0

33.3

15.8

Alternaria

n

1

1

2

%

2.9

11.1

5.3

  1. SD standard deviation, UA unit of allergen