Research Article
Mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis Induces Specific IgE Production in Japanese People with Allergies
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the allergic patients.
| Patients () | IgE ≥ 150 IU/mL () | IgE ≤ 150 IU/mL () | MAP specific IgE () |
| Mean age | 42.8 ± 12.3 | 40.5 ± 10.8 | 39.2 ± 10.4 | Gender | | | | Female | 40 (80%) | 34 (69%) | 5 (83%) | Male | 10 (20%) | 15 (31%) | 1 (17%) | History of allergic diseases | | | | Food allerg | 21 (42%) | 18 (37%) | 2 (33%) | Respirator | 25 (50%) | 23 (47%) | 6 (100%) | Daily products consumption | 40 (80%) | 18 (37%) | 6 (100%) | Autoimmune disease | 2 (4%) | 4 (8%) | 0 (0%) | Infections | | | | M. tuberculosis | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | Nontuberculous mycobacteria | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | BCG vaccination | 50 (100%) | 49 (100%) | 6 (100%) | Total IgE levels (IU/mL) | 407 ± 256 | 106 ± 16 | 472 ± 237 |
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