Table 1.

The changes in total serum IgE and delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to tuberculin before and after treatment

			Serum IgE, U/ml (mean ±s.e.m.)		Tuberculin test, mm (mean ±s.e.m.)
	n	Age, years (mean ±s.d.)	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
Control	10	61 ± 15	126 ± 56	137 ± 73	21·1 ± 3·8	20·3 ± 3·2
Tuberculosis patients	20	64 ± 18	282 ± 26*	151 ± 12†	23·6 ± 1·8	29·6 ± 2·1‡
Asthma patients	19	62 ± 21	412 ± 32§	425 ± 28¶	17·1 ± 1·4	18·1 ± 2·4

^*P = 0·03 compared with pretreatment data in controls.

^†P = 0·03 compared with pretreatment data in tuberculosis patients.

^‡P = 0·04 compared with pretreatment data in tuberculosis patients.

^§P < 0·04 compared with pretreatment data in controls and tuberculosis patients.

^¶P < 0·02 compared with post-treatment data in controls and tuberculosis patients.