EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-E LEVELS IN A DEFINED POPULATION
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 64 (3) , 308-313
Abstract
Age-adjusted geometric mean IgE levels in 621 older subjects were higher in men (26.3 kU/L) than in women (19.1 kU/L), and decreased with age. The higher levels in men were largely a result of a strong positive association with cigarette smoking. Among allergic conditions, a personal history of asthma was associated with the highest IgE levels. In multiple linear regression models in men, cigarette smoking was the single strongest correlate of IgE levels, while a personal history of allergy was the strongest correlate in women. Our results suggest important nonallergic as well as allergic determinants of IgE levels in populations.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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