Table 2 Symptoms of shrimp ingestion, dust mite sensitization and atopic symptoms based on approximate quartiles of shrimp skin test diameter
From: High rate of house dust mite sensitization in a shrimp allergic southern Ontario population
Shrimp skin test | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3–4 mm | 5–6 mm | 7–9 mm | 10–18 mm | ||
n = 100 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 29 | |
Shrimp symptoms severity grade 1–5 (%) | |||||
1 | 3 (23) | 8 (30) | 12 (39) | 12 (41) | |
2 | 7 (54) | 2 (7) | 7 (23) | 4 (14) | |
3 | 1 (8) | 9 (33) | 3 (10) | 7 (24) | |
4 | 2 (15) | 8 (30) | 9 (29) | 6 (21) | 0.077 |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Presence of asthma (%) | 6 (46) | 13 (48) | 15 (48) | 13 (45) | 0.992 |
Presence of allergic rhinitis (%) | 8 (62) | 17 (63) | 18 (58) | 19 (66) | 0.947 |
Presence of dermatitis (%) | 2 (15) | 6 (22) | 3 (10) | 5 (17) | 0.608 |