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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 39,831 patients from southern China

From: Allergen sensitization pattern of allergic adults and children in southern China: a survey based on real life data

Characteristic

Total

Adult

Children

p

Total (N)

39,831

22,835

16,996

Sex (male/female)

18,345/21,360

8362/14,395

9983/6965

< 0.001*

Age (mean ± SD)

26 ± 21

41 ± 15

5 ± 4

Season (N)

 Spring (3–5)

8393

4667

3726

< 0.001*

 Summer (6–8)

12,863

7288

5575

 Autumn (9–11)

10,351

6034

4317

 Winter (12–2)

8219

4844

3375

Disease (N)

 Rhinitis

782

339

443

< 0.001*

 Asthma

304

145

159

 Urticaria

4151

2635

1516

 Eczema

858

573

285

 Atopic dermatitis

3446

2078

1368

Positive for allergen (a/n, %)

 Mold

590/18,317 (3.2)

316/10,589 (3.0)

274/7728 (3.5)

0.034*

 Blattella germanica

4545/18,668 (24.3)

3059/10,476 (29.2)

1486/8192 (18.1)

< 0.001*

 Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

6013/21,411 (28.1)

3392/12,605 (27.3)

2621/8806 (29.7)

0.002*

 Gallus domesticus

1993/20,216 (9.9)

194/11,343 (1.7)

1799/8873 (20.3)

< 0.001*

 Bos domesticus

1953/20,416 (9.6)

132/11,463 (1.2)

1821/8953 (20.3)

< 0.001*

 Arachis hypogaea

209/4031 (5.2)

95/1990(4.8)

114/2041 (5.6)

0.245

 Cancer pagurus

3173/20,125 (15.8)

2157/11,664 (18.5)

1016/8461 (12.0)

< 0.001*

 Penaeus monodon

3879/20,228 (19.2)

2645/11,500 (23.0)

1234/8728 (14.1)

< 0.001*

 Canis familiaris

679/20,158 (3.4)

385/11,491 (3.4)

294/8667 (3.4)

0.871

  1. n test number, a positive number
  2. * Chi square tests, p < 0.05. Mold (Mold mix 1: Penicillium chrysogenum, Cladosporium herbarum, Aspergillus fumigates and Alternaria alternata)