Skip to main content
. 2008 Sep 15;7:175. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-175

Table 4.

Ratio between IgG subclasses, both P. falciparum reactive and total.

P. falciparum specific IgG subclasses Total IgG subclasses
IgG1:IgG2 IgG1:IgG3 IgG2:IgG3 IgG1:IgG2 IgG1:IgG3 IgG2:IgG3

Dogon 4.3 : 1 4.9 : 1 1.1 : 1 4.3 : 1 13.6 : 1 3.1 : 1
Fulani 2.5 : 1 4.6 : 1 1.8 : 1 3.6 : 1 13 : 1 3.6 : 1

p-valuea < 0.0001 0.28 < 0.0001 0.2 0.26 0.48

Data are presented as the mean ratio.

a Statistical analysis of differences in ratios between the two ethnic groups tested with t-test.