Serum IgE Predicts Difference of Population and Allergens in Allergic Diseases: Data from Weifang City, China

Table 2

Characteristics of all participants regarding age and tIgE.

	Nonatopic subjects			Patients
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Patients, no. (%)	37 (46.8)	42 (53.2)	79 (100)	638 (46.7)	729 (53.3)	1367 (100)
Age range (year (minimum-maximum))	7-75	4-76	4-76	0.3-86	0.4-87	0.3-87
Mean age (y (95% CI))	41.7 (36.0-47.5)	36.6 (30.6-42.5)	38.2 (34.0-42.5)	20.0 (18.5-21.6)	29.2 (27.8-30.6)	25.1 (24.0-26.1)
Mean total IgE (IU/ml (95% CI))	64.6 (45.7-83.5)	63.4 (51.5-75.3)	64.0 (53.3-74.6)	225.4 (211.4-239.5)	192.3 (182.2-204.4)	207.8 (198.5-217.0)
Sensitization to respiratory allergens, no. (%)	0 (0)	2 (4.8)	2 (2.5)	341 (53.4)	323 (44.3)^a	664 (48.6)
Sensitization to ingestible allergens	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	89 (13.9)	63 (8.6)^b	152 (11.1)

Chi-square test: ^a; ^b.