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. 2017 Dec 12;7:17453. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16730-6

Table 4.

The changes of CM, β-lact, Casein specific IgG1-4 and IgA in the OIT group.

Characteristics OIT Group
BL W8 W12 W16 W24 W32
CM-specific
IgG1 level (BUg1/mL) 1631 (998–2397) 2004 (909–2262) 4342** (3308–5844) 3752** (2328–4581) 3870** (3397–4963) 4186** (2957–5555)
IgG2 level (BUg2/mL) 330 (279–482) 416 (317–5049 565** (518–663) 572** (546–720) 620** (582–787) 641** (520–919)
IgG3 level (BUg3/mL) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 54 (50–55) 50 (50–57) 51 (50-54) 50 (50–60)
IgG4 level (BUg4/mL) 89 (50–144) 93 (50–120) 167 (68–382) 186* (88–372) 190* (66-241) 184* (88–315)
IgA level (BUa/mL) 23 (14–46) 15 (13-18) 60* (50–60) 47** (21–217) 38 (17–152) 36 (24–106)
β-lact-specific
IgG1 level (BUg1/mL) 193 (172–199) 206 (143–252) 1451** (426–1743) 1590** (440–1879) 943** (402–2040) 1163 (662–1646)
IgG2 level (BUg2/mL) 81 (78–89 91 (67–105) 315** (171–349 345** (194–383 338** (185–367) 289** (186–341)
IgG3 level (BUg3/mL) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50)
IgG4 level (BUg4/mL) 51 (51–54) 50 (50–57) 80 (50–131) 67* (52–211)* 90* (52–211) 110** (58–252)
IgA level (BUa/mL) 12 (10–24) 10 (9–14) 25 (17–30) 23* (11–69) 19 (10–31) 18 (13–30)
Casein-specific
IgG1 level (BUg1/mL) 1729 (1205–2813) 2311 (1199–2480) 4701** (3564–5685) 3800** (2533–5072) 3811** (3475–5482) 4420** (2822–5676)
IgG2 level (BUg2/mL) 361 (291–490) 401 (326–515) 575* (494–673) 597* (483–702) 681* (537–757) 632* (466–911)
IgG3 level (BUg3/mL) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–50) 50 (50–76) 50 (50–53) 50 (50–58) 50 (50–68)
IgG4 level (BUg4/mL) 89 (58–154) 92 (50–129) 189* (70–228) 124 (76–228) 237* ((80–258) 161* (80–270)
IgA level (BUa/mL) 23 (13–36) 15 (13–18) 87** (62–116 58** (25–253) 47 (22–204) 50* (26–140

OIT: oral immunotherapy, CM: cow’s milk, β-lact.: β-lactoglobulin, Each data was express as Median (IQR), transformed as log distribution and that at weeks 8 (W8), 12 (W12), 16 (W16), 24 (W24), and 32 (W32) was compared with that at baseline (BL). *P < 0.05 **P < 0.01.