The influence of gender, age, smoking on the levels of serum total IgE of healthy people in two hospitals in Yantai and Weihai areas

Abstract

Objective To investigate serum total IgE levels of healthy population in two hospitals in Yantai and Weihai areas, to investigate the influencing factors of the levels of serum total IgE, which can provide information for the clinical diagnosis of allergic diseases. Methods The total serum IgE level was measured with chemiluminescence method in 1 200 cases of healthy people and 600 cases of smoking group in different age groups. Results The total IgE level of ≤6 years was (28.53±20.71)IU/mL, 7-12 years was (29.74±25.94)IU/mL, 13-18 years was (32±22.32)IU/mL, 19-44 years was (45.2±36.27)IU/mL, 45-60 years was (35.47±27.23)IU/mL, >60 years was (31.2±25.03)IU/mL.There was no effect of serum total IgE in different age groups: ≤6 years, 7-12 years, 13-18 years, 45-60 years, >60 years(t=0.610, 1.508, 0.777, 0.160, 1.518, all P>0.05), 19-44 years was significantly different from other age groups(t=0.075, P 0.05). The total IgE level of the smoking group: 19-44 years was (55.22±39.16)IU/mL, 45-60 years was (42.63±28.46)IU/mL, >60 years was (39.32±26.73)IU/mL.The level of serum IgE in the smoking group was significantly higher than that in the same age group (t=0.142, 0.174, 0.235, all P<0.05). Conclusion No significant difference existed in healthy people of serum total IgE levels from birth to adulthood.However, the total IgE level rose when reached to 19-44 years, which then slightly declined as the growth of the age.There was no significant difference between male and female of the IgE levels in different age groups.But after the age of 19, smoking can lead to the increase of the total IgE level. Key words: Health status indicators; Immunoglobulin E; Factor analysis, statistical