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Table 2 Characteristic of the studied groups

From: The influence of intestinal parasites on Plasmodium vivax-specific antibody responses to MSP-119 and AMA-1 in rural populations of the Brazilian Amazon

 

Malaria (+)

N = 64

Malaria (−)

N = 215

Malaria (M)a

N = 16

Co-infected (CI)b

N = 48

Intestinal parasite (IP)c

N = 98

Negative (N)d

N = 117

Gender N (%)

    

 M

11 (69)

34 (71)

49 (50)

55 (47)

 F

5 (31)

14 (29)

49 (50)

62 (53)

Age (years)

24 (21–33)

31 (22–41)

30 (14–43)

31 (15–39)

Parasitaemia (parasites/µL)

2740 (738.5–56)

1816 (641–57)

(–)

(–)

LME (months)

6 (0–66)

3 (0–16)

24 (6–60)

10.5 (1–36)

Anemia (%)

56.2

43.7

28 a*

23 a*b*

Eosinophils (cells/mm3)

73 (36.75–138.75)

104 (42.5–328.5)

328 (18572)a***b***

224 (14644)a**b*

  1. All the values in the table represent the median (25–75 %) of the data
  2. Differences between groups were calculated from pairwise test for multiple comparisons of mean rank sums (Nemenyi-Tests)
  3. Differences of parasitaemia between co-infected and malaria group were calculated using Wilcoxon, a non-parametric t test
  4. LME time since last malaria episode
  5. Statistical differences of epidemiological parameters were expressed as * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001, *** P < 0.0001
  6. aDifferences between indicated group and M group
  7. bDifferences between indicated group and CI group