title: Total Serum IgE Level Estimation in Asthma Patient and Healthy Volunteers in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bangladesh.
abstract: A strong association between total serum Immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels, skin test reactivity to aeroallergens, and asthma phenotype was found in previous studies. The current study has been undertaken to observe the total serum IgE level in asthmatic patients compared with normal healthy volunteers (control) of Bangladeshi subjects and to see its prospect in diagnostic aid. This case-control study was carried out in the department of Respiratory Medicine of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), Dhaka during the period from July 2008 to June 2009. Four hundred & eight (408) cases (asthmatics matching age, sex and geographic location) and 478 controls (non-asthmatics matching age, sex and geographic location) were studied. The level of serum IgE was found more in asthma patients than control group which were 345.88 and 224.64 respectively (p<0.001). In both group, serum IgE level was more in male than female. There was wide variation in serum IgE level in both the asthma and control group (4.2 to 3471.0 iu/ml in asthma group and 1.2 to 1045.7 iu/ml in control). Considerable overlap has been observed between the IgE values of control and asthma group. Due to this overlap its diagnostic significance in allergic condition in Bangladeshi population seems to be limited.
authors.affiliation: Lt Col (Dr) Md Azizur Rahman, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail: majazizur765@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rahaman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D001459:Bangladesh; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E