Late Type of Bronchial Response to Milk Ingestion Challenge: A Comparison of Open and Double-Blind Challenge

Table 4

Survey of detailed agreement between asthmatic response types to milk ingestion challenge (OFICH) recorded in patients of both the groups and other diagnostic parameters (disease history and skin tests) for milk.

	Asthmatic responses to OFICH with milk
	Total	LAR	NAR
Patients	𝑛=54	𝑛=39	𝑛=15
Group I. (𝑛=46)
(i) History + Skin +	26	21	5
(ii) History + Skin −	15	9	6
(iii) History − Skin +	5	2	3
	46	32	14
Group II. (𝑛=8)
(i) History + Skin +	6	5	1
(ii) History + Skin −	2	2	0
(iii) History − Skin +	0	0	0
	8	7	1

Group I: patients with already existing bronchial asthma to inhalant allergens and additional suspicion of milk allergy.
Group II: patients in whom the milk allergy has been suspected to be a sole cause of their bronchial complaints.
+: suspect or positive; −: unknown or negative; OFICH: open food ingestion challenge with milk.