Table 5 Prevalence of sensitization to food and inhalant allergens at ECRHS II and ECRHS III.

Inhalant allergens

1612

House dust mite

14.76

12.16

<0.0005

Timothy grass

15.51

14.27

0.021

Cat

9.18

7.57

0.001

Food mix groups

1612

At least one group

14.45

15.88

0.085

Expc1: Hazelnut, walnut, celery, tomato, carrot

8.31

8.13

0.807

Expc2: Mustard, shrimp, sunflower seed, poppy seed, lentil

7.07

6.27

0.177

Expc3: Banana, kiwi, apple, peach, melon

9.31

11.97

<0.0005

Fx5: Cow’s milk, egg white, fish, soya bean, peanut, wheat

3.16

3.91

0.162

Fx6: Sesame, buckwheat, corn, rice

3.72

3.35

0.417

Melon

1581

0.70

2.59

<0.0005

Lentils

1542

1.17

0.32

0.006

Hen’s egg

1606

0.50

1.31

0.009

Banana

1585

1.51

0.63

0.011

Peach

1556

3.15

1.80

0.012

Sunflower seed

1585

1.26

0.57

0.022

Wheat

1591

1.70

2.20

0.186

Cow’s milk

1606

0.68

1.12

0.211

Walnut

1593

1.44

1.04

0.211

Poppy seed

1586

0.88

0.57

0.228

Hazelnut

1587

5.48

4.91

0.233

Corn

1601

1.75

1.44

0.332

Shrimp or lobster

1583

3.72

3.22

0.332

Rice

1600

1.44

1.13

0.359

Soya

1606

1.25

0.93

0.359

Carrot

1589

2.14

1.95

0.710

Apple

1586

3.09

2.90

0.760

Buckwheat

1596

1.44

1.38

1

Celery

1587

2.33

2.33

1

Fish

1606

0.19

0.19

1

Kiwi fruit

1586

2.08

2.14

1

Mustard

1589

0.69

0.76

1

Peanut

1606

1.68

1.62

1

Sesame

1597

1.82

1.82

1

Tomato

1587

1.64

1.58

1