Determination of Blood Lead Concentration in Pateints with Asthma

Abstract

This study was designed to determination the concentration of lead and Immunoglobulin E in blood of patients with asthma. Study include 60 samples divided for two group, first group include 35 samples for patients with asthma there age were between 25-65 years and the age average was 47.95 ±1.4 also this group divided for two subgroup young patients which include 17 samples and aging patients which include18 samples, and the second group include 25 samples for normal peoples there age average were34.9±2.1 which divided for young and aging samples. Results showing significant increasing in lead concentration in blood of patients with asthma in both young and aging people as compared with normal people(control group). Lead concentration were8.98±2.2 in young control and elevated significantly in young patients to 25.2 ± 2.3, and 12.9 ± 2.4 in aging control was elevating significantly to 31.6± 2.1. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) was increase significantly p<0.01 in blood of patients with asthma in both young and aging samples compared with control groups, IgE concentration were 41.6 ± 2.4 in young samples and increase significantly to 81.2 ± 3.1, and in aging samples were 56.5 ± 2.4 increase significantly to 90.7 ± 2.5.