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Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2011 Jan 26;106(3):245–251. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.12.006

Table 2.

Correlation of cord blood IgE levels to the outcomes of allergy biomarkers and lung function at age 18 years

Outcomes	Correlation r	P-value
Total IgE (kU/L)	0.18	< 0.001
Number of positive allergen specific IgE tests (panel of 7) (kU/L)	0.10	0.016
Eosinophil count	0.05	0.26
FEV1	0.03	0.56
% predicted FEV1	0.02	0.62
% predicted FVC	0.02	0.72
FEV1/FVC	0.02	0.73
% predicted FEF 25–75%	0.02	0.61