Serum IgE levels in healthy black American children: a case for environmental influences on IgE.
Serum IgE was determined in 115 healthy, non-atopic black American children, aged 0-16 years, living in Urban Chicago. The mean IgE level varied from 1.48 u/ml at birth to 70 u/ml at adolescence. These values are comparable to those observed in American whites but differ significantly from the IgE levels of both African blacks and European Caucasians. Thus, environmental factors apparently exert a strong influence on IgE production in non-atopic individual.
D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013548:Sweden; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
D007073:Immunoglobulin E