Table 1.

Correlation between nasal S. aureus carrier status and anti-Spl IgE.

Spl	Nasal S. aureus carriersa (n = 28)		S. aureus non-carriers (nose) (n = 16)		P-valueb
	Mean ± SD	Median	Mean ± SD	Median
SplA	0.29 ± 0.28	0.23	0.12 ± 0.18	0.05	0.035*
SplB	0.41 ± 0.26	0.36	0.26 ± 0.25	0.19	0.069
SplD	0.40 ± 0.29	0.38	0.52 ± 0.42	0.47	0.479
SplE	0.21 ± 0.25	0.13	0.11 ± 0.17	0.03	0.051
SplF	0.47 ± 0.29	0.43	0.31 ± 0.19	0.27	0.062

^a) Information about nasal S. aureus colonization was available for 44 CF patients, 28 carriers and 16 non-carriers.

^b) Mann-Whitney U test; *) P < 0.05.