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.