This study was designed to evaluate prevalence of allergen-specific antibodies in healthy adults. During Mar. ~ Aug. 2001, 1,925 subjects visited for medical check-up, were inquired to fill out a standardized questionnaire. Among them, 200 subjects wh...
This study was designed to evaluate prevalence of allergen-specific antibodies in healthy adults. During Mar. ~ Aug. 2001, 1,925 subjects visited for medical check-up, were inquired to fill out a standardized questionnaire. Among them, 200 subjects who had no current and past allergic disorders were randomly selected for rhe current study and examined for allergen-specific antibodies using Korean inhalant panel of MAST-CLA allergen-specific IgE assay. Among them, 170 persons (85.0%) did not have any positive allergen-specific antibody. Each positive rate of 35 allergen specific antibodies was usually less than 3%, except Cockroach Mix (3.5%), Dermatophagoides farinae(8.5%), Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus(6.0%). Among 30 positive subjects, 19(63.3%) showed one or two allergen-specific antibodies. Although atopic subjects in non-allergic population were not common, few of them showed allergen-specific antibodies in Korean inhalant panel of MAST-CLA. Our results suggested that the standardized questionnaire and MAST-CLA could be an useful tool of a screening test for allergy, showing high specificity and sensitivity.