Naturally acquired antibodies from Beninese infants promote Plasmodium falciparum merozoite-phagocytosis by human blood leukocytes: implications for control of asymptomatic malaria infections

Table 6 IgG G3m phenotype distribution (A) and association between OP and IgG G3m phenotypes (B)

B Opsonic phagocytosis	Coef.	95% CI	P value
Model 1: OP neutrophils				Number of observations = 92
G3m5,10,11,13,14 (reference)				Adj R² = 0.19
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14,24	13.46	2.37;24.54	0.017
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14	−4.31	−18.59;9.96	0.554
G3m5,10,11,13,14,15	6.86	−17.50;31.22	0.581
G3m5,6,11,24	2.08	−15.83;19.99	0.820
G3m5,6,10,11,14	7.82	−13.94;29.58	0.481
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14,15	29.27	−0.47;59.01	0.050
G3m5,6,10,11,13,15,24	−2.41	−17.58;12.75	0.755
Model 2: OP THP-1				Number of observations = 92
G3m5,10,11,13,14 (reference)				Adj R² = 0.24
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14,24	7.46	0.31;14.61	0.041
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14	−6.00	−15.2;3.2	0.201
G3m5,10,11,13,14,15	−0.71	−16.41;14.99	0.929
G3m5,6,11,24	1.81	−9.73;13.36	0.759
G3m5,6,10,11,14	2.47	−11.56;16.49	0.730
G3m5,6,10,11,13,14,15	7.93	−11.24;27.10	0.417
G3m5,6,10,11,13,15,24	−2.92	−12.70;6.85	0.558

This table presents the Generalized linear model obtained through the control variables bednet use, sex, birthweight and HbS. The reference group was G3m5,10,11,13,14
In bold: significant P value at the 0.05 threshold

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