Table 5.

Concentrations of immunoglobulin classes and IgG subclasses

	No. in each group	Study group g/l	Control group g/l	P-value
IgM	19	0·93 ± 0·41	1·04 ± 0·37	0·38
IgA	19	1·16 ± 0·60	1·55 ± 0·58	0·05
IgE	10	20·87 ± 23·80	33·09 ± 48·14	0·48
IgG	19	8·69 ± 1·81	9·38 ± 2·06	0·28
IgG1	10	5·86 ± 1·30	7·39 ± 1·41	0·02
IgG2	10	1·74 ± 0·81	2·19 ± 0·71	0·21
IgG3	10	0·42 ± 0·14	0·43 ± 0·16	0·87
IgG4	10	0·62 ± 0·60	0·86 ± 0·83	0·46

All data given as average ± s.d.