Serum Immunoglobulin Levels In Healthy Ethiopian School Children
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1982-06
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Addis Ababa,University
Abstract
Serum concentra tions of immunoglobulins I G, IgA and Ig in
258 healthy Et hiopian school children and 82 heal hy adul s residing
in Addi s Abeba were measured by the radial immunodiffusion
t e chnique . The results a r e presented as geomet r ic mean values
in mg/100 ml and a s pe rt ent of the adult mean values . A statist
ical a nalysis showed that the IgG and IgA conc ent r ations a
age s 8 and 7 r e spectively were lower than the adul t values . The
inference drawn from t hese results is that t he IgG and IgA l evels
do not reach the adult l e v e l un til a fter the age of 8 and 7
respe ctive l y . I n cont r as t the IgM l e v e l was found t o reach the
adult lev e l be fore the age of 7. No truly significant diffe rences
were obse rved in immunoglobulin levels which could be a t t ributed
to s ex, intestinal pa r a sitic infec tion or soc io-economi c st at us .
The mean v alue s for IgG and IgM obta ined from this study were
found to be h i gher than the r e fer enc e v a lues being us ed in the
country a t t he moment . I t is t hus sugge st ed that mean immunoglobulin
conc e n tr ation val ue s obt ained from this study be used
a s r e f e r ence v a lue s until furth e r study i s made and more r e fin ed
refe r ence va l ues are set .
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Serum Immunoglobulin Levels