Skin Prick Tests and Specific IgE in 10-Year-old Children: Agreement and Association with Allergic Diseases

A Chauveau, ML Dalphin, F Mauny; PASTURE Study Group. Allergy. 2017;72(9):1365–1373 To assess the agreement between skin prick testing (SPT) and specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) and to correlate their association with childhood allergic diseases. A total of 529 children from a prospective birth cohort of children living in rural Europe underwent both SPT and sIgE testing at 10 years of age. Those with severe acute symptoms of asthma or rhinoconjunctivitis, eczema at SPT test site, or severe peanut allergy were excluded. SPT and sIgE testing were evaluated for 8 allergens, including dust mite ( Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D farinae) , cat, dog, birch, grass, Alternaria , and peanut. Agreement …