Table 4.
The Number of Subjects with a Positive Antigen Defined as Its IgG4 Titer ≥ 0.7 U/mL in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients and Healthy Controls
| Antigens | Patients | Controls | OR (95% CI) | P-value | Subgroups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Diarrhea | P-value | Non-diarrhea | P-value | |||||
| Egg white | 11 | 5 | 2.829 (0.851–9.402) | 0.083 | 3 | 0.473 | 8 | 0.048a |
| Apple | 4 | 0 | 0.039a | 3 | 0.003a | 1 | 0.202 | |
| Orange | 4 | 0 | 0.039a | 2 | 0.018a | 2 | 0.068 | |
| Pineapple | 13 | 7 | 2.444 (0.817–7.308) | 0.106 | 3 | 0.826 | 10 | 0.035a |
| Gluten | 7 | 4 | 1.960 (0.512–7.498) | 0.320 | 5 | 0.033a | 2 | 0.784 |
| Gliadin | 6 | 3 | 2.231 (0.506–9.835) | 0.281 | 5 | 0.013a | 1 | 0.565 |
| Soy bean | 3 | 0 | 0.076 | 0 | 3 | 0.024a | ||
| White radish | 3 | 0 | 0.076 | 1 | 0.099 | 2 | 0.068 | |
| Onion | 5 | 1 | 5.741 (0.631–52.234) | 0.086 | 2 | 0.112 | 3 | 0.118 |
| Lettuce | 4 | 0 | 0.039a | 0 | 4 | 0.008a | ||
| Leek | 7 | 1 | 8.680 (1.001–75.304) | 0.023a | 2 | 0.112 | 5 | 0.016a |
| Eggplant | 4 | 1 | 4.429 (0.467–42.021) | 0.162 | 0 | 0.536 | 4 | 0.045a |
OR, odd ratio; CI, confidence interval.
a
Statistically significant.
Values are presented as numbers unless otherwise stated. Only the variables which have P < 0.1 was shown in the table.