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Geometric mean percentage of P. falciparum reactive IgG subclasses among the total IgG subclass concentration. |
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| Specific IgG subclasses/total IgG subclasses (%) |
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| IgG1 |
IgG2 |
IgG3 |
IgG4 |
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| Dogon |
2.4 ± 1.2 |
1.8 ± 1.5 |
1.8 ± 1.3 |
0.7 ± 1.5 |
| Fulani |
3.2 ± 1.2 |
2.6 ± 1.4 |
2.4 ± 1.7 |
0.8 ± 1.4 |
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| p-valuea |
< 0.0001 |
0.0005 |
< 0.0001 |
0.11 |
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Data are presented as geometric mean percentages (the mean percentages of the logged values) ± SD. a Statistical analysis of differences between the two ethnic groups for each IgG subclass tested with t-test. | ||||
Israelsson et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:175 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-175 |
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