Table 6: Correlations between the total score and immunoglobulin levels, as well as the results of multivariate analysis.

Correlation Coefficient Multivariate analysis
Variables R P value OR (95% CI) P value
All Subjects (N=39) - - - - -
Total tear IgE 0.84 <0.0001 207.5 (66.2 – 650.8) <0.0001
Serum specific IgE 0.27 0.0984 1.1 (0.2 – 5.2) 0.9480
Serum specific IgG 0.54 0.0004 204.5 (19.9 – 2103.9) <0.0001
Seasonal and Perennial Groups (N=26) - - - - -
Total tear IgE 0.38 0.0562 14.7 (1.0 – 225.0) 0.0536
Serum specific IgE -0.06 0.7704 0.8 (0.1 – 4.9) 0.7701
Serum specific IgG 0.65 0.0003 205.2 (13.8 – 3043.0) 0.0005
Seasonal Group (N=13) - - - - -
Total tear IgE 0.37 0.2069 7.7 (0.1 – 648.2) 0.3280
Serum specific IgE 0.28 0.3472 2.2 (0.1 – 43.1) 0.5746
Serum specific IgG - - - - -
Perennial Group (N=13) - - - - -
Total tear IgE 0.58 0.0372 40.1 (0.4 – 4351.8) 0.1083
Serum specific IgE -0.29 0.3355 0.3 (0.0 – 6.6) 0.4277
Serum specific IgG 0.69 0.0097 68.9 (1.7 – 2828.5) 0.0298

R=Two-tailed Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated for the association between the total score for allergic conjunctivitis and the other allergic tests. OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.