High levels of IgG3 anti ICB2-5 in Plasmodium vivax-infected individuals who did not develop symptoms

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Logistic regression predicting positive vs. negative IgG anti ICB2-5

Variable	IgG		Odds ratio	CI 95%
	Positive	Negative			P
Groups
PCR-/M-(Reference)	86 (81,13)^#	181 (90,05)
PCR+/M-	13 (12,26)	12 (5,97)	2.450	(1.06,5.69)	0.0360*
PCR+/M+	8 (6,60)	7 (3,98)	2.050	(0.68,6.11)	0.2000
Age	37.65 ± 1.92	30.48 ± 1.35	1.020	(1.01,1.03)	0.0020**
Time of residence	9.0 ± 3.4	7.5 ± 4.1	1.003	(0.999,1.0074)	0.4580
Time of last malaria attack	2 ± 5.1	2 ± 3.1	1.001	(0.997,1005)	0.983

Note: Variables of time (age time of residence and time of last malaria attack) are shown in years according to Mean ± Standard Error.
# in perenthesis: percentage per column.
‘*’ P-value < 0.05.
‘**’ P-value < 0.01.

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