. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2010 Dec 30;131(4):985–987. doi: 10.1038/jid.2010.403

Table 1.

¹ Comparison of the IgE anti-Dsg1 Autoantibodies in FS and Control Groups

Comparison	Difference Between Means of Index Value	Simultaneous 95% Confidence Limits		p Values
FS vs PF USA/Japan²	0.69	0.42	0.96	0.05
FS vs HC Endemic area-Brazil²	0.90	0.73	1.07	0.05
FS vs HC Non-Endemic area-Brazil	1.01	0.78	1.25	0.05
FS vs HC USA/Japan	1.32	1.13	1.51	0.05
PF USA/Japan vs HC USA/Japan	0.63	0.35	0.91	0.05
HC Endemic area-Brazil vs HC Non-endemic area-Brazil	0.12	−0.11	0.34	ns²
HC USA/Japan vs HC Endemic area-Brazil	−0.42	−0.61	−0.23	0.05
HC USA/Japan vs HC Non-endemic area -Brazil	−0.31	−0.55	−0.06	0.05

Analysis of differences between groups used one-way analysis of variance with adjustment for multiple comparisons by Tukey’s studentized range test. Analysis was done on log(IgE+40) and log(IgG4+2) as these transformed variables were approximately normally distributed. Analysis was done in the R 2.9 software (Team, 2009).

FS = Fogo Selvagem, PF = Pemphigus foliaceus, HC = Healthy controls, ns = Non significant comparison