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. 2003 Oct;71(10):5676–5681. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5676-5681.2003

TABLE 1.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients for log-transformed data describing the association between IgG1 or IgM responses to S. mansoni crude adult worm antigen (SWA), SEA, and CERC as well as KLH measured by ELISA and specific IgG1 or IgM responses against the neoglycan epitopes FLDN, LDN-DF, and LDNF measured by SPR

Epitope Response Value for antigen and cohorta
SWA
SEA
CERC
KLH
I II III I II III I II III I II III
FLDN IgG1 NS NS NS 0.43*** 0.36** 0.31* 0.53*** 0.28* NS 0.73*** 0.39** 0.384**
IgM NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
LDN-DF IgG1 NS NS NS 0.52*** 0.33** 0.20* 0.56*** 0.26** 0.17* 0.56*** NS NS
IgM NS NS NS 0.36* NS 0.37*** 0.48** NS NS NS NS 0.412***
LDNF IgG1 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
IgM NS NS NS 0.30*** 0.25** 0.35*** NS NS 0.2* NS NS 0.26**
a

Cohorts: I, immigrant cohort (n = 184) sampled within 1 year of first exposure to S. mansoni; II, same cohort sampled again 2 years later; III, resident cohort (n = 235). Significance: *, P < 0.05; **, 0.001 < P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.001; NS, not significant.