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

Table 5

Survey of the asthmatic responses to inhalant allergens in patients developing positive and negative asthmatic response to OFICH with milk.

	Patients developing asthmatic response to OFICH with milk
	Total	LAR	NAR
	𝑛=54	𝑛=39	𝑛=15
Group I (𝑛=46)
Total bronchial challenge with inhalant allergens	72	53	19
(i) Positive asthmatic response	52	35	17
(ii) Negative asthmatic response	20	18	2
Group II (𝑛=8)
Total bronchial challenges with inhalant allergens	23	20	3
(i) Positive asthmatic response	3	1	2
(ii) Negative asthmatic response	20	19	1
Total BPT with inhalant allergens	95	73	22

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.
+: positive; −: negative; OFICH: open food ingestion challenge with milk.