Table 1 Prevalence (%) of allergen skin sensitizations in patients with rhinitis and asthma of different severity
| Â | Rhinitis | Asthma | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | MI (n = 967) | MSI (n = 452) | MP (n = 1729) | MSP (n = 1154) | χ2 | p | MI (n = 441) | MIP (n = 735) | MOP (n = 948) | SP (n = 915) | χ2 | p |
D. pteronyssinus | 61.1 | 59.7 | 61.8 | 60.9 | 7.0 | 0.092 | 51.7 | 58.5 | 62.0 | 64.5 | 34.6 | 0.000 |
D. farinae | 62.1 | 60.6 | 64.3 | 63.1 | 3.16 | 0.371 | 52.6 | 60.2 | 63.7 | 65.6 | 36.5 | 0.000 |
Blomia tropicalis | 43.3 | 43.3 | 44.4 | 44.9 | 0.6 | 0.901 | 32.3 | 39.0 | 44.4 | 48.4 | 56.7 | 0.000 |
Dog | 15.9 | 20.1 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 0.003 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 18.0 | 17.2 | 0.001 |
Cat | 9.8 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 5.03 | 0.17 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 0.012 |
American cockroach | 15.3 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 19.4 | 5.8 | 0.12 |
Blatella germanica | 10.7 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 2.53 | 0.47 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 8.2 | 0.042 |
Artemisia vulgaris | 16.5 | 30.5 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 202.4 | 0.000 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 0.52 |
Ambrosia artemisifolia | 10.9 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 167.7 | 0.000 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0.483 |
1Mixed grass pollen | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 0.000 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.872 |
2Mixed tree pollen | 4.6 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 45.5 | 0.000 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 0.053 |
3Mixed mould I | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 0.07 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 0.409 |
4Mixed mould IV | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 0.13 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 0.404 |
≥2 sensitizations | 72.6 | 74.3 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 9.548 | 0.023 | 59.4 | 65.3 | 70.3 | 71.1 | 34.24 | 0.000 |