Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2019.
World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2019; 7(16): 2189-2203
Published online Aug 26, 2019. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i16.2189
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Figure 1 High sensitivity to food antigens in inflammatory bowel disease patients. A: Positive rate of food-specific IgG antibodies in CD patients, UC patients and HCs. Statistics: Chi-squared test; B: The number of IgG-positive food items in CD patients, UC patients and HCs; C: Comparison of the total serum IgG levels in CD patients, UC patients and HCs. Statistics: ANOVA), aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01, cP < 0.001. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; HCs: Healthy controls; ANOVA: One-way analysis of variance.
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Figure 2 Distribution of positive IgG to food allergens in CD patients, UC patients and HCs. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; HCs: Healthy controls.
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Figure 3 The levels of food-specific IgG against 14 common daily foods in CD patients, UC patients and HCs. Statistics: ANOVA, aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01, cP < 0.001. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; HCs: Healthy controls; ANOVA: One-way analysis of variance.
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Figure 4 Association between food-specific IgG antibodies and disease activity. Data are shown as mean ± SD by ANOVA, aP < 0.05. ; ANOVA: One-way analysis of variance.
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Figure 5 Serum food-specific IgG concentrations in patients treated with different medications and comparison of food-specific IgGs for inflammatory bowel disease patients before and after Infliximab treatment. A: Serum food-specific IgG concentrations in patients treated with different medications. Statistics: ANOVA; B: Comparison of Food-specific IgGs for inflammatory bowel disease patients before and after Infliximab treatment. Statistics: paired-samples t test, aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01, cP < 0.001. ANOVA: One-way analysis of variance.
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Figure 6 Comparison of total serum IgE levels between CD patients, UC patients and HCs. Statistics: ANOVA. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; HCs: Healthy controls; ANOVA: One-way analysis of variance.
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Figure 7 Distribution of positive IgE to food allergens in CD patients, UC patients and HCs. UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; HCs: Healthy controls.