Figure 7.

Detection of ovalbumin (OVA)‐specific low‐ and high‐affinity IgE in infants at 6 months of age (A) and OVA‐specific IgE levels in infants with or without eczema (B). A, OVA affinity of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in infants in groups A and B was analyzed using an OVA‐immobilized densely carboxylated protein microarray by competition binding inhibition and expressed as median values of IC₅₀ (nM). See Table S3 for more details. B, Median values of OVA‐specific IgE levels in infants at 6 months of age with (n = 41) and without history of eczema (n = 43). Statistical analysis by Fisher's extract test