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Serum IgE level and clinical allergic diseases in the United Arab Emirates
G Lestringant1, A Bener, I Galadari
1Department of Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates.
Objective:
To determine the serum IgE level in population and its association with allergic diseases in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Design:
This is a prospective descriptive hospital-based study.
Setting:
Al-Ain Medical District, Tawam Hospital, United Arab Emirates.
Subjects:
Patients who were seen at Tawam Hospital for skin, allergic and respiratory diseases during 1996.
Results:
The study was based on 228 patients. The sample consisted 95 (41.7%) males and 133 (58.3%) females. The mean and standard deviation of age were 25.89 +/- 15.87 years with range 1 and 72 years. The present study revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between serum IgE level and age groups, gender, clinical diagnosis and respiratory symptoms (p > 0.05). Of 59.2% of patients clinically diagnosed were possible IgE related. There was statistically significant differences between serum IgE level and cut (p < 0.030). There was a positive correlation between clinical diagnosis and cut.
Conclusion:
Consistencies and discrepancies between our findings and those from other studies with respect to allergic diseases and IgE level which support the hypothesis that allergic diseases are a multi-factorial diseases related to both familial and environmental influences.