Table 2.

Comparative analysis of plasma IgE levels in study subjects for total and cow-milk allergen-specific IgE

Plasma IgE levels (kUAD/L)	CON	ALL	AD	ENP	p ALL vs. CON	p AD vs. CON	p ENP vs. CON	p ALL vs. AD	p ALL vs. ENP	p AD vs. ENP
IgE Total (mean, SD)º	24.38, 24.75	117.8, 99.51	956.4, 1101	17.26, 14.6	ns	**	ns	ns	*	**
sIgE CMP (F2) (mean, SD)º	0.14, 0.12	9.18, 8.95	111.6, 270.4	0.21, 0.35	*	**	ns	ns	**	**
sIgE Casein (F78) (mean, SD)º	0.08, 0.07	6.55, 9.16	102.2, 255.4	0.08, 0.05	*	*	ns	ns	ns	ns
sIgE β-lactoglobulin (F77) (mean, SD)º	0.06, 0.06	2.13, 2.28	8.17, 11.91	0.06, 0.08	*	**	ns	ns	*	**
sIgE α-lactalbumin (F76) (mean, SD)º	0.06, 0.09	3.01, 2.02	5.84, 7.26	0.14, 0.33	*	ns	ns	ns	**	*

ºKruskal Wallis with Dunn’s multiple comparison used as statistical test