Clinical Study
Predictors of Serum Total IgE in a Random Sample of 7–17 Year Old Children
Table 1
Population characteristics.
| | Boys | Girls | Total | -value | | | | |
| Age | 11.8 | 12.5 | 12.2 | .004 | Serum total IgE | 60.4 | 41.0 | 49.3 | .008 | High IgE | 53 (26.4) | 44 (20.0) | 97 (23.0) | .121 | Asthma | 20 (9.0) | 24 (9.3) | 44 (9.2) | .912 | Hay fever | 54 (24.3) | 58 (22.5) | 112 (23.3) | .634 | Atopic dermatitis | 57 (25.7) | 74 (28.7) | 131 (27.3) | .461 | Positive skin prick test | 50 (22.9) | 41 (16.3) | 91 (19.4) | .068 |
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