Table 2.

Comparison of positive rates of different titers for ant-Hsp60 and anti-Hsp70 in plasma of patients with asthma and healthy controls

	Titers	Patients with asthma (n = 95)	Control subjects (n = 99)	P value
		n (%)	n (%)
Anti-Hsp60	1:10	17 (17.9)	5 (5.1)	0.001
	1:20	8 (8.4)	1 (1.0)	0.014
	1:40	5 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	0.027
	1:80	5 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	0.027
Anti-Hsp70	1:10	32 (33.7)	8 (8.1)	<0.001
	1:20	19 (20.0)	4 (4.0)	<0.001
	1:40	13 (13.7)	1 (1.0)	<0.001
	1:80	9 (9.5)	0 (0.0)	0.001
Anti-Hsps*	1:10	37 (38.9)	9 (9.1)	<0.001

* Combined positive rate of anti-Hsp60 and /or anti-Hsp70 for titers 1:10–1:80.