Variables | Sensitization to wheat flour | Sensitization to α-amylase | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | P-value | Yes | No | P-value | |
Age | ||||||
>30 years | 31 (19.6%) | 127 (80.4%) | 0.06 | 18 (11.4%) | 140 (88.6%) | 0.01 |
≤30 years | 7 (9.9%) | 64 (90.1%) | 1 (1.4%) | 70 (98.6%) | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 38 (17.1%) | 184 (82.9%) | 0.6 | 18 (8.1%) | 204 (91.9%) | 0.45 |
Female | 0 (0%) | 7 (100%) | 1 (14.3%) | 6 (85.7%) | ||
Smoking | ||||||
Yes | 11 (20%) | 44 (80%) | 0.43 | 4 (7.3%) | 51 (92.7%) | 0.75 |
No | 27 (15.5%) | 147 (84.5%) | 15 (8.6%) | 159 (91.4%) | ||
Family atopy | ||||||
Yes | 7 (30.4%) | 16 (69.6%) | 0.07 | 2 (8.7%) | 21 (91.3%) | 0.9 |
No | 31 (15%) | 175 (85%) | 17 (8.30) | 189 (91.7%) | ||
Daily exposure to flour | ||||||
≤8 hours | 17 (16.3%) | 87 (83.7%) | 0.9 | 12 (11.5%) | 92 (88.5%) | 0.10 |
>8 hours | 21 (16.8%) | 104 (83.2%) | 7 (5.6%) | 118 (94.4%) | ||
Work seniority | ||||||
≤5 years | 2 (4.3%) | 45 (95.7%) | 2 (4.3%) | 45 (95.7%) | ||
6 – 10 years | 16 (19.3%) | 67 (80.7%) | 0.03 | 6 (7.2%) | 77 (92.8%) | 0.5 |
>10 years | 20 (20.2%) | 79 (79.8%) | 0.02 | 11 (11.1%) | 88 (88.9%) | 0.19 |
Storage mite sensitization | ||||||
Yes | 11 (39.3%) | 17 (60.7%) | 0.001 | 6 (21.4%) | 22 (78.6%) | 0.01 |
No | 27 (13.4%) | 174 (86.6%) | 13 (6.5%) | 188 (93.5%) | ||
Atopy | ||||||
Yes | 21 (23.1%) | 70 (76.9%) | 0.03 | 12 (13.2%) | 79 (86.8%) | 0.02 |
No | 17 (12.3%) | 121 (87.7%) | 7 (5,1%) | 131 (94.9%) | ||
Sensitization to α-amylase | ||||||
Yes | 6 (31.6%) | 13 (68.4%) | 0.09 | - | - | |
No | 32 (15.2%) | 178 (84.8%) | ||||
Wheat flour sensitization | ||||||
Yes | - | - | - | 6 (15.8%) | 32 (84.2%) | 0.09 |
No | 13 (6.8%) | 178 (93.2%) |