Diarrhea and acaroid mites: A clinical study

Table 1 Serum total IgE and mite-specific IgE in patients with diarrhea (IU/ml, ¯x ± s)

Group	n	Total IgE(IU/ml)	Specific IgE(IU/ml)
Mite-positive cases	41	165.72 ± 78.55a	145.22 ± 82.47b
Mite-negative cases	200	132.44 ± 26.80	67.35 ± 45.28
Total	241	138.10 ± 35.37	80.59 ± 53.62

^aP < 0.01, t = 4.81;

^bP < 0.01, t = 8.52 vs mite-negative cases.

Table 2 Mites in stool samples in patients with different occupations (n, %)

Groups	Cases	Positive number	Positive rate
Experimental group	86	23c	26.74
Staffs working in traditional Chinese medicine storehouses	47	14	29.79
Staffs working in rice storehouses or mills	39	9	23.08
Control group	155	18	11.61
Miners	36	4	11.11
Staffs of railway system	34	3	8.82
Pupils	62	8	12.90
Others	23	3	13.04
Total	241	41	17.01

^cP < 0.01, χ² = 8.97 vs control group.