Elevation of serum IgE in Japanese-American children.
Serum IgE levels were determined in Japanese-American and White-American children--ages 6 to 14. The mean serum IgE level was significantly higher in the Japanese-American children (444 vs. 67; p less than .01). There was also a suggested incidence of personal allergic disease or familial allergy in a small sample of the Japanese-American children.
D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
D007073:Immunoglobulin E