Table 2.

Serum concentrations of IgE, IgA, IgA1, and IgA2 subclasses in healthy controls and asthma patients

Laboratory data	Healthy controls	Asthma patients	p-value
Serum total IgE (Log 10)
Total	1713	2563	****
Male	1613	2565	****
Female	1694	2453	****
Serum IgA (g/L)
Total	1.95 ± 0.70	2.39 ± 0.94	*
Male	1.96 ± 0.62	3.142 ± 1.05	**
Female	1.94 ± 0.79	2.105 ± 0.83	NS
Serum IgA1 (g/L)
Total	1.530 ± 0.57	1.708 ± 0.74	NS
Male	1.568 ± 0.57	2.223 ± 0.91	*
Female	1.486 ± 0.57	1.526 ± 0.59	NS
Serum IgA2 (g/L)
Total	0.437 ± 0.25	0.369 ± 0.18	NS
Male	0.462 ± 0.29	0.408 ± 0.21	NS
Female	0.398 ± 0.19	0.356 ± 0.17	NS

NA not applicable; NS not significant. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ****p < 0.0001