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Correlation between age and IgE. Characteristics of patients and Kendall's tau-b for relationship between IgE and age. |
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| Mean Age ± SD (range) |
Age (yr) |
Number of patients (%) |
Total IgE [kU/l] vs Age |
Specific IgE [kU/l] vs Age |
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| >65 |
>65 |
male |
female |
τb |
(n) |
p |
τb |
(n) |
p |
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| All patients |
36.9 ± 22.6 (0.5 – 93) |
424 |
135 |
229 (40.9) |
330 (59.0) |
-0.262 |
(553) |
< 0.0001 |
-0.176 |
(485) |
< 0.0001 |
| Atopic dermatitis |
23.6 ± 20.1 (0.5 – 93) |
107 |
6 |
53 (46.9) |
60 (53.1) |
-0.038 |
(112) |
= 0.561 |
0.034 |
(68) |
= 0.696 |
| Allergic Rhinitis/Asthma |
36.7 ± 19.6 (3.0 – 79) |
108 |
24 |
50 (37.9) |
82 (62.1) |
-0.219 |
(132) |
< -0.0001 |
-0.320 |
(107) |
< 0.0001 |
| Insect Allergy |
44.2 ± 21.7 (2.0 – 82) |
209 |
105 |
126 (40.1) |
188 (59.9) |
-0.259 |
(309) |
< 0.0001 |
-0.084 |
(310) |
= 0.029 |
Mediaty and Neuber Immunity & Ageing 2005 2:9 doi:10.1186/1742-4933-2-9 |
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