TABLE 5.

Relationship Among Clinical Pathology Parameters and Number of Mast Cells, the Mast Cell Degranulation Ratio, and IgE-Positive Cells in Allergic Tissue

Tissues	Variables	Cases	Mast Cell, n/hp*	P	Mast Cell Degranulation Rate	P	IgE, n/hp*	P
Throat	Sex			0.09		0.36		0.547
	Male	9	6.40 ± 0.66		0.69 ± 0.07		4.03 ± 0.99
	Female	11	5.05 ± 0.42		0.63 ± 0.03		4.75 ± 0.66
	Age, y			0.064		0.994		0.588
	<20	2	3.40 ± 1.10		0.65 ± 0.08		2.60 ± 0.60
	20–50	14	5.61 ± 0.47		0.66 ± 0.04		4.64 ± 0.59
	>50	4	6.93 ± 0.40		0.65 ± 0.11		4.58 ± 2.05
Lung	Sex			0.971		0.911		0.151
	Male	9	5.39 ± 0.44		0.70 ± 0.08		1.06 ± 0.41
	Female	11	5.36 ± 0.50		0.71 ± 0.04		2.27 ± 0.65
	Age, y			0.114		0.183		0.330
	<20	2	6.80 ± 0.10		0.66 ± 0.08		3.60 ± 0.70
	20–50	14	4.94 ± 0.40		0.75 ± 0.04		1.45 ± 0.47
	>50	4	6.18 ± 0.42		0.55 ± 0.14		1.75 ± 1.16
Intestine	Sex			0.635		0.835		0.278
	Male	9	7.08 ± 0.95		0.67 ± 0.03		2.98 ± 0.82
	Female	11	7.92 ± 1.36		0.68 ± 0.06		4.52 ± 1.11
	Age, y			0.108		0.082		0.093
	<20	2	4.50 ± 2.40		0.46 ± 0.18		6.90 ± 1.90
	20–50	14	7.06 ± 0.90		0.73 ± 0.04		2.80 ± 0.47
	>50	4	10.8 ± 2.11		0.62 ± 0.38		5.73 ± 2.91