Relationships between Plasma Micronutrients, Serum IgE, and Skin Test Reactivity and Asthma among School Children in Rural Southwest Nigeria

Table 4

Spearman’s correlation (𝑟) between serum micronutrients, serum IgE, eosinophil count, and eosinophil percentage.

Micronutrient	Serum IgE	Eosinophil count	Eosinophil %
Magnesium	0.14	−0.07	0.11
Zinc	0.01	0.03	−0.10
Calcium	−0.20	−0.03	−0.19
Iron	0.22	0.13	−0.03
Manganese	−0.21	−0.16	−0.33
Copper	−0.26*	−0.16	−0.34**
Cadmium	0.11	0.09	0.26*
Chromium	0.08	0.03	0.19
Selenium	0.29*	0.25	0.13
Total protein	−0.07	−0.14	−0.10
Albumin	−0.30*	−0.09	−0.02
Globulin	0.19	0.01	−0.03

^∗𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01.