PMID- 8091974 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19941019 LR - 20190914 IS - 0374-5600 (Print) IS - 0374-5600 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 3 DP - 1994 Jun TI - Influence of smoke exposure on serum IgE levels of atopic patients. PG - 266-7 AB - The effect of environmental tobacco smoke on serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) of respiratory allergic patients was evaluated in this study. A total of 558 patients with respiratory allergies (311 boys and 248 girls) aged between 1 and 17 years (mean 6.92 +/- 3.81 years) were included. None of the subjects were active smokers. IgE levels were significantly higher in children with smoking parents compared with non-smokers (P < 0.05). Children with smoking mothers were found to have higher levels of IgE than children with smoking fathers. The highest level of IgE was found in children when both parents were smokers (P < 0.005). FAU - Atici, A AU - Atici A AD - Department of Pediatrics, Cukurova University Medical Faculty, Adana, Turkey. FAU - Guneser, S AU - Guneser S FAU - Alparslan, N AU - Alparslan N FAU - Antmen, B AU - Antmen B FAU - Yilmaz, M AU - Yilmaz M FAU - Onenli, N AU - Onenli N LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Australia TA - Acta Paediatr Jpn JT - Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition JID - 0370357 RN - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Chi-Square Distribution MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Environmental Exposure MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Hypersensitivity, Immediate/*immunology MH - Immunoglobulin E/*blood MH - Infant MH - Male MH - Respiratory Hypersensitivity/*immunology MH - Risk Factors MH - Tobacco Smoke Pollution/*adverse effects EDAT- 1994/06/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/06/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/06/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/06/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/06/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/06/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03176.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1994 Jun;36(3):266-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03176.x.