Table 2 The percentage of subjects with allergic diseases and with an increased total or specific IgE by sex and AUDIT score.
From: Sex difference in IgE sensitization associated with alcohol consumption in the general population
Audit | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Inter-mediate | High | P value | Low | Inter-mediate | High | P value | |
Numbers (%) | 400 (43.6) | 304 (33.1) | 214 (23.3) | 671 (83.4) | 104 (12.9) | 30 (3.7) | ||
Allergic diseases | ||||||||
Asthma | 1.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.277 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.795 |
Atopic dermatitis | 5.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.251 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.878 |
Allergic rhinitis | 18.5 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 0.331 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 31.6 | 0.170 |
Increased total/specific IgE | ||||||||
Total IgE | 38.6 | 44.7 | 55.9 | 0.005* | 21.0 | 26.4 | 38.9 | 0.123 |
DF | 43.4 | 50.4 | 48.7 | 0.065 | 32.0 | 37.9 | 50.3 | 0.117 |
Cockroach | 26.9 | 28.5 | 36.6 | 0.128 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 0.686 |
Dog | 6.9 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 0.298 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 0.413 |
Atopy | 49.9 | 54.2 | 64.2 | 0.027* | 38.1 | 43.4 | 59.5 | 0.085 |
