Table 2 Correlations of total serum IgE levels with allergen-specific IgE levels at different years of age.

From: Longitudinal analysis of total serum IgE levels with allergen sensitization and atopic diseases in early childhood

Total IgE

Food sensitization

Mite sensitization

Egg white

Milk

D. pteronyssinus

D. farinae

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

Age 0.5

0.155

0.067

0.291

 < 0.001

0.100

0.236

0.137

0.106

Age 1

0.320

 < 0.001

0.507

 < 0.001

0.083

0.336

0.078

0.356

Age 1.5

0.340

 < 0.001

0.128

0.174

0.182

0.052

0.160

0.089

Age 2

0.473

 < 0.001

0.313

0.001

0.604

 < 0.001

0.566

 < 0.001

Age 3

0.148

0.137

0.169

0.089

0.505

 < 0.001

0.474

 < 0.001

Age 4

0.298

0.006

0.161

0.141

0.664

 < 0.001

0.651

 < 0.001

  1. The correlations between total serum IgE levels and allergen-specific IgE levels were conducted using Pearson’s rank correlation coefficient. All P values < 0.05, which is in bold, are significant.
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