A new way forward? Examining the potential of quantitative analysis of IgE datasets

Table 1 Comparison of total IgE and specific IgE values for several food and aeroallergens

Variable	n (%)	mean with 95% confidence interval			p-value	Sig
Variable	Patients	Female (n = 8283, 57.6%)	Male (n = 6087, 42.4%)	Estimated difference	p-value	Sig
Total IgE	10,099 (70.3)	225.9 ± 91.5	373.3 ± 92.1	+ 147.39 ± 31.41	< 0.001	***
Milk protein	5280 (36.7)	0.2 ± 9.7	0.6 ± 14.3	+ 0.44 ± 0.23	< 0.001	***
Chicken egg white	5234 (36.4)	0.3 ± 9.9	0.5 ± 13.1	+ 0.25 ± 0.21	0.02	*
Birch pollen	5935 (41.3)	8.1 ± 13.8	9.6 ± 13.9	+ 1.49 ± 1.08	0.007	**
Mugwort pollen	5821 (40.5)	1.0 ± 8.8	1.3 ± 8.9	+ 0.29 ± 0.25	0.021	*
Timothy grass pollen	6566 (45.7)	6.2 ± 13.7	9.4 ± 13.5	+ 3.23 ± 0.93	< 0.001	***
House dust mite	6421 (44.7)	3.9 ± 14.5	6.5 ± 14.6	+ 2.54 ± 0.82	< 0.001	***
Cat epithelia	5821 (40.5)	2.0 ± 12.9	2.4 ± 13.3	+ 0.35 ± 0.51	0.178	n.s
Peanut	3519 (24.5)	1.1 ± 11.9	1.9 ± 13.0	+ 0.72 ± 0.51	0.006	**
Wheat flour	5142 (35.8)	0.5 ± 8.3	0.8 ± 7.7	+ 0.29 ± 0.18	0.001	**
Cod	5155 (35.9)	0.1 ± 11.8	0.3 ± 13.2	+ 0.21 ± 0.17	0.011	*

For all tables and statistics: ns: p > 0.05, *: p < 0.05, **: p <0.01, ***: p < 0.001

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