Table 4 Effect change in linear relationships and differences in slopes of supernatant concentrations of cytokines measured after 7 days of stimulation with malaria antigens in children with different nutritional and malaria status at time when blood was collected.
Predictors | Cytokine pairs | Change in slope | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Zinc | IFN-γ vb IL-5 | 32% | -62% to 357% |
Zinc | IFN-γ vsIL-10 | -12% | -43% to 35% |
Zinc | IFN-γ vsIL- 13 | 12% | -52% to 157% |
Magnesium | IFN-γ vs IL-5 | -38% | -89% to 256% |
Magnesium | IFN-γ vsIL- 10 | -36% | -61% to 5% |
Magnesium | IFN-γ vsIL- 13 | -20% | -71% to 118% |
IDA | IFN-γ vs IL-5 | -45% | -81% to 58% |
IDA | IFN-γ vsIL- 10 | -48% | -63% to -36% |
IDA | IFN-γ vsIL- 13 | -26% | -66% to 58% |
Malaria | IFN-γ vs IL-5 | 174% | -5% to 689% |
Malaria | IFN-γ vsIL- 10 | -23% | -17% to 83% |
Malaria | IFN-γ vsIL- 13 | 40% | -34% to 197% |