Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy versus Subcutaneous Injection Immunotherapy in Allergic Patients

Table 2

Symptom Results.

Symptom	No. of patients	Before (mean)	After (mean)	𝑃 value of t-test	Significance of SCIT/SLIT × before/after interaction
Runny nose SCIT	47	2.1	0.7	<0.001	Not significant
Runny nose SLIT	34	1.8	0.5	<0.001
Sneezing SCIT	47	2.0	0.8	<0.001	Not significant
Sneezing SLIT	39	1.9	0.8	<0.001
Nasal obstruction SCIT	48	2.4	0.8	<0.001	Not significant
Nasal obstruction SLIT	40	2.2	0.9	<0.001
Itchy ears SCIT	38	1.5	0.5	<0.001	Not significant
Itchy ears SLIT	30	1.3	0.5	<0.001
Itchy eyes SCIT	46	1.9	0.7	<0.001	Not significant
Itchy eyes SLIT	37	1.8	0.7	<0.001
Cough SCIT	46	1.7	0.4	<0.001	Greater improvement for SCIT (𝑃=0.037)
Cough SLIT	30	1.2	0.4	<0.001
SOB SCIT	6	1.4	0.5	0.041	Not significant
SOB SLIT	9	2.0	0.8	0.005
Wheezing SCIT	4	1.3	0.5	0.042	Greater improvement for SLIT. (𝑃=0.024)
Wheezing SLIT	7	2.5	0.3	0.001