The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 137-143 , July 2007

Association between IgE levels and asthma severity among African American, Mexican, and Puerto Rican patients with asthma

  • Mariam Naqvi, BA

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
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  • Shweta Choudhry, PhD, MSc

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
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  • Hui-Ju Tsai, PhD

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
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  • Shannon Thyne, MD

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
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  • Daniel Navarro, MD

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
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  • Sylvette Nazario, MD

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    • San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
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  • Jose R. Rodriguez-Santana, MD

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    • Pediatric Pulmonary Program of San Juan
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  • Jesus Casal, MD

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    • San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
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  • Alfonso Torres, MD

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    • San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
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  • Rocio Chapela, MD

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    • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City
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  • H. Geoffrey Watson, MD

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    • James A. Watson Wellness Center, Oakland
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  • Kelley Meade, MD

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    • Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Oakland
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  • William Rodriguez-Cintron, MD

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    • San Juan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
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  • Michael LeNoir, MD

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    • Bay Area Pediatrics, Oakland
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  • Pedro C. Avila, MD

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    • Northwestern University, Evanston
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  • Esteban González Burchard, MD, MPH

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    • From the University of California, San Francisco
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Esteban Gonz´lez Burchard, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-2911.

Received 27 September 2006 ,Revised 10 February 2007 ,Accepted 19 February 2007.

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01 HL078885, K23 HL04464, HL07185, GM61390, American Lung Association of California, Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Award, National Center for Minority Health Disparities Health Disparities Scholar, Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, 2001-2003, to E.G.B.), (HL51823, HL074204, 3M01RR000083-38S30488, HL56443, and HL51831 to the Asthma Clinical Research Network), an American Thoracic Society Breakthrough Opportunities in Lung Disease grant (ATS-05-078) and a Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program New Investigator Award (15KT-0008) to S.C., the American Lung Association of California (Research Training Fellowship to H.-J.T.), San Francisco General Hospital General Clinical Research Center M01RR00083-41, U01-HL 65899, University of California, San Francisco-Children's Hospital of Oakland Pediatric Clinical Research Center (M01 RR01271), Oakland, Calif, Sandler Center for Basic Research in Asthma, and the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation, Ernest S. Bazley Grant to Northwestern University.Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: M. LeNoir has consulting arrangements with GlaxoSmithKline and is on the speakers' bureau for GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, and Alocon. P. C. Avila has received grant support from Genentech and Novartis. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(07)00614-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.02.045

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 137-143 , July 2007

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