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Table 2 Relationship of food-specific IgE to development of parent-perceived symptoms of allergy while breastfeeding

From: Exploration of parent-reported food allergy symptoms via breastmilk exposures and likelihood to develop tolerance

Specific IgE (kU/L)

Persistent allergy

Outgrown allergy

No symptoms while BF

Symptoms while BF

p-value

No symptoms while BF

Symptoms while BF

p-value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Egg

1.74 ± 1.4

1.92 ± 1.4

0.415

0.42 ± 0.5

0.54 ± 0.7

0.491

Milk

1.74 ± 1.6

2.15 ± 1.7

0.042

0.54 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.5

0.065

Peanut

2.79 ± 1.8

2.78 ± 1.9

0.985

0.21 ± 0.3

–

–

  1. Italicized values statistically significant with p-value < 0.05