Serological tests in cases with adult onset wheeze and in subjects regrouped according to atopic status
|
Wheeze (n=85) |
Controls (n=190) |
Wheeze + asthma (n=19) |
Wheeze + cough/phlegm (n=26) |
Atopy positive (n=150) |
Atopy negative (n=125) | |
| Seropositive to: | ||||||
| Hepatitis A | 56 (65.9%) | 110 (57.9%) | 8 (42.1%) | 21 (80.8%)3-150 | 98 (65.3%) | 68 (54.4%) |
| H pylori | 49 (57.6%) | 93 (48.9%) | 6 (31.6%) | 20 (76.9%)3-150 | 77 (51.3%) | 65 (52.0%) |
| T gondii | 16 (18.8%) | 26 (13.7%) | 2 (10.5%) | 6 (23.1%) | 18 (12.0%) | 24 (19.2%) |
| Sum of seropositivity | ||||||
| None positive | 15 (17.6%) | 35 (18.4%) | 5 (26.3%) | 2 (7.7%) | 25 (16.7%) | 25 (20.0%) |
| One positive | 28 (32.9%) | 88 (46.3%) | 12 (63.2%) | 6 (23.1%) | 64 (42.7%) | 52 (41.6%) |
| Two positive | 33 (38.8%) | 60 (31.6%) | 2 (10.5%) | 13 (50.0%) | 54 (36.0%) | 39 (31.2%) |
| Three positive | 9 (10.7%) | 7 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (19.2%)3-150 | 7 (4.7%) | 9 (7.2%) |
↵3-150 p⩽0.05 (χ2 tests of independence).