Table 1.
Determination of Specific IgE and IgG Antibodies in Subjects With Isocyanate-induced Asthma
| Specific IgE (%) |
Specific IgG (%) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authors (yr) | Assay | Se | Sp | Se | Sp |
| Butcher BT et al (1980) [42] | RAST | 19 | -- | -- | -- |
| Pezzini A et al (1984) [43] | RAST | 39 | -- | -- | -- |
| Keskinen H et al (1988) [44] | RAST | 20 | -- | -- | -- |
| Cartier A et al (1989) [21] | ELISA | 31 | 97 | 72 | 76 |
| Karol MH et al (1994) [45] | RAST | 3 | 93 | 3 | 93 |
| Tee RD et al (1998) [7] | RAST ratio > 2 | 28 | 92 | -- | -- |
| RAST ratio > 3 | 20 | 100 | -- | -- | |
| Park HS et al (1999) [18] | ELISA | 14 | 92 | 46 | 92 |
| Bernstein DI et al (2002) [28] | ELISA | 21 | 89 | 47 | 74 |
| Ye YM et al (2006) [20] | ELISA | 43.9 | -- | 30.3 | -- |
RAST indicates radioallergosorbent test; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity.