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Table 4 Comparative prevalence of KIR genes from 3 sites of Uganda with historically varied malaria transmission intensity

From: Diversity of KIR genes and their HLA-C ligands in Ugandan populations with historically varied malaria transmission intensity

Study sites

Genes

Tororo, N = 438

Jinja, N = 414

Kanungu, N = 446

Mid-P p-values

n

%

n

%

n

%

T vs J

T vs K

J vs K

2DS2

224

51.1%

218

52.7%

228

51.1%

0.658

0.995

0.652

2DL2

254

58.0%

240

58..0%

254

57.0%

0.995

0.754

0.762

2DL3

366

83.6%

352

85.0%

380

85.2%

0.558

0.502

0.942

2DP1

432

98.6%

409

98.8%

442

99.1%

0.834

0.506

0.654

2DL1

432

98.6%

409

98.8%

441

98.9%

0.834

0.739

0.906

3DL1

421

96.1%

394

95.2%

439

98.4%

0.497

0.064

0.061

3DS1

58

13.2%

75

18.1%

34

7.6%

0.052

0.006

 < 0.001

2DL5

291

66.4%

264

63.8%

255

57.2%

0.414

0.005

0.048

2DS5

204

46.6%

180

43.5%

148

33.2%

0.364

 < 0.001

0.002

2DS3

92

21.0%

84

20.3%

111

24.9%

0.797

0.170

0.108

2DS1

117

26.7%

126

30.4%

88

19.7%

0.229

0.014

 < 0.001

2DS4

424

96.8%

392

94.7%

438

98.2%

0.125

0.181

0.059

  1. Mid-P exact p-values for comparisons of KIR genes in Tororo vs Jinja, Tororo vs Kanungu and Jinja vs Kanungu