Latex Hypersensitivity among Allergic Egyptian Children: Relation to Parental/Self Reports

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of patients.

Parameter		Positive latex SPT; = 16 (4%)	Negative latex SPT; = 384 (96%)	value
Sex	Male	8 (2%)	204 (51%)	0.806
	Female	8 (2%)	180 (45%)
Age (years)	Range	1–17	0.5–15	0.338
	Median	5.2	4.5
	Interquartile range (IQR)	9.7	4
Duration of exclusive breast feeding (months)	Mean	5.33	5.7	0.257
	SD	1.29	1.4
Site of allergy	Respiratory allergy only (BA, AR, or both)	9 (2.25%)	273 (68.25%)	0.334
	Skin allergy only	3 (0.75%)	61 (15.25%)
	Both respiratory and skin	4 (1%)	50 (12.5%)
Diagnosis	All BA cases	11 (2.75%)	315 (78.75%)	0.18
	All AR cases	2 (0.5%)	42 (10.5%)	0.845
	All skin allergy cases	7 (1.75%)	111 (27.75%)	0.202
Duration of illness (years)	Median (IQR)	3.25 (3)	2.5 (4)	0.251
History of latex allergy		7 (1.75%)	2 (0.5%)	0.000
Exposure to latex gloves		8 (2%)	97 (24.25%)	0.104
Positive family history of allergy		11 (2.75%)	258 (64.5%)	0.896
Fruit allergy		7 (1.75%)	218 (54.5%)	0.304
Absolute eosinophilic count ×10^3/Cu·mm	Median	0.2	0.2	0.928
	IQR	0.27	0.3
IgE% of normal for age	Median	96.3	66.67	0.477
	IQR	133.3	105.53

BA: bronchial asthma.
AR: allergic rhinitis.