Table 2 Comparison of 8 patients with IgG reactivity >30 EU against many modified food antigens with 8 controls with low reactivity to few modified food antigens in relation to possible cross-reactivity with AGE-HSA, AGE-Hb, anti-ox-LDL, and MBP

8 patients with high reactivity to many modified food antigens

1

8/45

86

105

1642

118

2

12/45

43

91

2050

136

3

7/45

32

26

916

65

4

16/45

120

111

2431

129

5

11/45

61

23

1442

84

6

9/45

25

39

683

27

7

13/45

97

108

1216

120

8

15/45

134

82

734

71

Total

91/360

598

585

11,114

750

8 controls with low reactivity to few modified food antigens

9

1/45

12

7

265

15

10

0/45

6

13

448

17

11

2/45

19

22

1025

31

12

4/45

15

26

683

18

13

0/45

8

16

343

22

14

1/45

63

46

205

75

15

2/45

38

27

412

49

16

3/45

24

13

157

95

13/360

185

170

3538

322

P values

<0.000001

<0.005

<0.005

<0.005

<0.005