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

Table 5

Spearman’s correlation (𝑟) between serum micronutrient concentrations and allergy skin test.

Micronutrient	Stand.; cat hair	Dog epith. mixed breed	GS9 southern grass mix	GS2 cockroach mix	Mango blossom	Stand. mite	GS mold mix number 3	Mouse epith.
Magnesium	0.09	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.09	0.20	0.28*	0.01
Zinc	−0.15	−0.20	−0.11	0.04	0.003	0.03	−0.10	−0.04
Calcium	−0.11	−0.06	−0.13	0.001	0.02	0.11	−0.12	0.10
Iron	−0.03	0.03	−0.003	−0.01	0.03	0.11	−0.02	0.15
Manganese	−0.18	−0.20	−0.25*	−0.24*	−0.20	−0.25*	−0.38**	−0.15
Copper	−0.19	0.02	−0.07	−0.12	−0.09	−0.14	−0.11	0.03
Cadmium	0.09	0.05	0.07	0.008	0.08	0.10	0.21	0.14
Chromium	0.07	0.01	0.06	0.001	0.06	0.03	0.14	0.05
Selenium	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.16	0.09	0.05	−0.07	0.08
Total protein	0.03	0.11	0.09	0.02	−0.02	0.06	0.03	−0.05
Albumin	−0.05	0.04	−0.07	0.00	0.07	0.10	0.07	0.07
Globulin	0.08	0.05	0.13	0.03	−0.03	−0.04	0.005	−0.06

^∗𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01.