Figure 2.

Comparison of IgE antibody analysis in the HCWs with occupational asthma to latex (OA) and in the subjects with work‐exacerbated asthma (WEA) and in the control group. *P < 0.05; The Chi‐square test (or Fisher’s exact test) was used to compare the HCWs and the control group as well as the HCWs with OA to latex and work‐exacerbated respiratory symptoms. Abbreviations: due to latex occupational allergy; gx1, mixed grass (Dactylis glomerata, Festuca elatior, Lolium perenne, Phleum pratense, Poa pratensis) tx9‐ mixed tree pollens (Alnus incana, Betula verrucosa, Corylus avellana, Quercus alba, Salix caprea) tx1‐ mixed tree pollens (Acer negundo, Betula verrucosa, Querbus alba, Ulmus americana, Juglans californica); HCWs, health‐care workers; HRP, horse radish peroxidase; MUXF3, sugar‐epitope from Bromelain; OA, occupational asthma; Phadiatop, a multiaeroallergen screen test; rBetv2, profilin Birch, Betula verrucosa); rHev b8, recombinant Hevea brasiliensis allergen; sIgE, specific IgE antibody; WEA, work‐exacerbated asthma