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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2008 Jul 14;153(6):803–806. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.047

Table 2.

Odds ratios for mild vs moderate atopic dermatitis in relation to allergic sensitization to staphylococcal superantigens

SEA IgE+ SEB IgE+ SEC IgE+ SED IgE+ TSST-1 IgE+ IgE+ to one or more staphylococcal superantigens
Mild AD (n = 34) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Moderate AD (n = 16) 6.3 * (1.4–27.4; p=0.01) 3.0 * (0.6–14.8; p=0.17) 2.0 * (0.4–7.9; p=0.50) 10.0 * (1.0–103.8; p=0.05) 2.0 * (0.5–6.6; p=0.40) 2.5 * (0.7–8.9; p=0.20)
*

95% confidence intervals with p values.