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Table 3 Correlation between total IgG and subclass (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4) response levels to Pf-ESAs stratified by asymptomatic or symptomatic carriers

From: IgG subclass responses to excreted-secreted antigens of Plasmodium falciparum in a low-transmission malaria area of the Peruvian Amazon

 

IgG1

IgG2

IgG3

IgG4

All individuals

 IgG

0.53 (***)

0.45 (**)

0.52 (***)

− 0.14 (ns)

 IgG1

 

0.23 (ns)

0.47 (**)

0.14 (ns)

 IgG2

  

0.68 (***)

0.24 (ns)

 IgG3

   

0.38 (**)

Asymptomatic

 IgG

0.56 (**)

0.32 (ns)

0.57 (**)

− 0.09 (ns)

 IgG1

 

0.07 (ns)

0.63 (***)

0.32 (ns)

 IgG2

  

0.40 (*)

0.10 (ns)

 IgG3

   

0.29 (ns)

Symptomatic

 IgG

0.52 (*)

0.77 (***)

0.68 (***)

0.33 (ns)

 IgG1

 

0.34 (ns)

0.36 (ns)

0.22 (ns)

 IgG2

  

0.90 (***)

0.57 (**)

 IgG3

   

0.50 (*)

  1. Correlation coefficients were determined by Spearman’s method
  2. ns non-significant
  3. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001