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.