Peanut Sensitization Profiles in Italian Children and Adolescents with Specific IgE to Peanuts
Figure 1
Peanut specific IgE profiles of the 48 children and adolescents (median age: 8 years; range: 2–16) with documented peanut sensitization (sIgE > 1 kUA/L). Patients have been grouped in three age categories (2–5 years old (), 6–11 years old (), and 12–16 years old ()). (a) Rates of sensitization against one of the five peanuts’ molecular components rAra h 1, 2, and 3 (seed storage proteins), rAra h 8 (pathogenesis-related protein 10) and rAra h 9 (lipid transfer protein) in the study population. The rate of sensitization against the seed storage proteins rAra h 1, 2, and 3 is referred to the positivity (specific IgE > 0.35 kUA/L) to at least one of the three above-mentioned allergens. (b) Geometric means (error bars: 95% confidence intervals) of specific IgE against rAra h 2 (the most frequent seed storage Protein in our patients), rAra h 8 and 9 in the study population. Probability () values of less than 0.05 were considered significant.
