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Chest, Vol 84, 657-661, Copyright © 1983 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Interactions of smoking and immunologic factors in relation to airways obstruction

B Burrows, MD Lebowitz, RA Barbee, RJ Knudson and M Halonen

The relationships of smoking, allergy skin test reactivity, and serum IgE to ventilatory function have been analyzed in 1,182 subjects from a general population sample. The study group consisted of subjects aged 35 or more who deny previous lung surgery, old tuberculosis, or a current diagnosis of heart disease in the absence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Impairment of the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) shows a definite relationship to total serum IgE. However, this relationship is significant only for a low FEV1 which is accompanied by symptoms suggesting asthmatic or a chronic bronchitis type disease. Allergy skin test reactivity to a battery of common aeroallergens shows no overall relationship to FEV1. However, after accounting for total serum IgE, positive allergy skin tests tend to be associated with high rather than low FEV1 values. The findings suggest that some type of IgE which is not specific for aeroallergens but which is associated with smoking, may be important in the pathogenesis of the "chronic asthmatic bronchitis" syndrome.


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