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.