ix. Figure legends
Figure 1. Enrollment of subjects.
Stepwise oral food challenges (low-dose, medium-dose, high-dose, and
full-dose) performed. After passing the high-dose OFC, 32 patients
underwent full-dose OFC and 26 were instructed to increase egg
consumption at home.
Abbreviation: OFC, oral food challenge
Figure 2. Percentage of egg-sensitized patients who had an allergic
reaction to egg (A) and the threshold dose of egg in these patients (B).
Figure 3. Probability curve for failing the stepwise oral food challenge
(OFC) at a given sIgE level against egg white (A) and ovomucoid (B).
The probability curves were constructed using results of multinomial
logistic regression analysis.
Abbreviation: OFC, oral food challenge; sIgE, specific IgE