Table 2 |
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Specific IgG immune responders and geometric mean of parasite density in rural preschool Senegalese children |
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n |
Responders a (%) |
P b |
n |
Geometric mean of parasite densityc [95% CI] |
P d |
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Groups of children |
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Malnourished children |
161 |
118 (73.3) |
0.001 |
140 |
3.87 [2.42–6.21] |
0.34 |
|
Paired controls |
161 |
140 (87.0) |
140 |
5.27 [3.38–8.23] |
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Stunted children |
142 |
104 (73.2) |
0.001 |
123 |
4.57 [2.69–7.75] |
0.56 |
|
Paired controls |
142 |
125 (88.0) |
123 |
5.62 [3.48–9.08] |
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Wasted children |
19 |
14 (73.7) |
0.65 |
17 |
1.18 [0.83–1.66] |
0.13 |
|
Paired controls |
19 |
15 (78.9) |
17 |
3.34 [0.91–12.23] |
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Stunted children (-2.5<HAZ<-2.0) |
84 |
62 (73.8) |
0.01 |
72 |
6.44 [3.01–13.80] |
0.89 |
|
Paired controls |
84 |
74 (88.1) |
72 |
6.28 [3.23–12.22] |
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Stunted children (HAZ≤-2.5) |
58 |
42 (72.4) |
0.03 |
51 |
2.71 [1.35–5.43] |
0.19 |
|
Paired controls |
58 |
51 (87.9) |
51 |
4.93 [2.43–10.02] |
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a Number of IgG anti-schizont immune responders b The prevalence of immune responders between groups was compared using the Mac Nemar test. c Assessment of parasitaemia missing for 21 pairs of children. d Geometric means between groups were compared using paired t-test. |
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Fillol et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:116 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-116 |
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