Table 2

IgG1 antibody titre stratified by HDM sensitisation (SPT-positive or SPT-negative at 5 years of age)

1 year old2 years old3 years old4 years old5 years old
P4
 SPT+1022 (666 to 1522)2617 (1494 to 4583)10 458 (6676 to 16 383)16 698 (8532 to 32 681)20 447 (12 932 to 32 330)
 SPT−2168 (1483 to 3168)6393 (4044 to 10 106)16 391 (12 020 to 22 353)16 423 (10 123 to 26 643)23 354 (16 594 to 32 866)
 p Value0.04060.03530.10100.95970.4891
P6
 SPT+303 (256 to 358)531 (376 to 750)2337 (1549 to 3525)1521 (977 to 2368)2151 (1399 to 3309)
 SPT−538 (425 to 683)922 (682 to 1246)6086 (4499 to 8233)3297 (2295 to 4737)3419 (2515 to 4648)
 p Value0.00560.0434<0.0010.01220.0487
PspA (1 and 2)
 SPT+1310 (997 to 1720)2222 (1437 to 3437)8144 (4902 to 13 530)13 317 (6724 to 26 373)24 524 (11 799 to 50 974)
 SPT−1406 (1141 to 1733)3347 (2308 to 4854)16 657 (11 297 to 24 560)22 581 (13 473 to 37 846)42 513 (26 510 to 68 174)
 p Value0.78250.29860.02340.24980.1971
PspC
 SPT+2391 (1632 to 3504)39 702 (20 983 to 75 121)144 959 (76 288 to 275 444)254 361 (151 998 to 425 663)419 481 (250 989 to 701 081)
 SPT−2719 (2040 to 3625)118 443 (81 380 to 172 387)263 382 (182 130 to 380 882)396 132 (280 887 to 558 661)516 873 (402 468 to 663 797)
 p Value0.66850.00420.16440.14630.8886
  • The value is the geometric mean of the IgG1 antibody titre (ng/ml) with the CI of antibody binding in parentheses.

  • Comparisons between SPT-positive and SPT-negative groups by the Mann–Whitney test are shown.

  • p Values <0.0125 are considered significant after correcting for multiple testing.

  • HDM, house dust mite; SPT, skin prick test.