The Prevalence of Ocular Allergy and Comorbidities in Chinese School Children in Shanghai

Table 6

Prevalence of sensitization to mite, pollen, and food as stratified by age and gender.

	Number of children (% in the group)
	Young ()				Teen ()
	Boys	Girls			Boys	Girls
	()	()			()	()
Mite allergy	94 (25.3%)	77 (20.5%)	1.155	0.295	68 (14.8%)	55 (11.4%)	2.436	0.123	31.420	<0.001
Food allergy	55 (14.8%)	45 (12.8%)	0.608	0.452	39 (8.5%)	66 (13.7%)	6.346	0.013	2.696	0.114
Pollen allergy	60 (16.1%)	44 (12.5%)	1.963	0.170	53 (11.5%)	56 (11.6%)	0.001	1.00	2.865	0.103

Pearson Chi-square analysis was performed and the values were obtained from 2-sided exact significance tests. The and values listed within each age group were the results of comparing the numbers of affected boys and girls within the group, thus reflecting the gender differences within age group. The and values of the last two columns were the results of comparing the total number of affected children between young and teen groups.