Table 3.
Anti-P. falciparum IgG subclass and IgE levels (median) separated by IL4-590 CT genotype in patients with complicated and uncomplicated malaria (CM, UCM).
| CC | CT | TT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median | N | Median | N | Median | P-value# | |
| CM | |||||||
| Anti-PfIgG1* | 5 | 223.80 | 46 | 24.12 | 53 | 18.04 | 0.096 |
| Anti-PfIgG2* | 5 | 6.05 | 46 | 2.03 | 53 | 2.79 | 0.112 |
| Anti-PfIgG3* | 5 | 1.51 | 46 | 1.20 | 53 | 1.52 | 0.031 |
| Anti-PfIgE** | 5 | 0.43 | 47 | 0.62 | 53 | 2.36 | 0.915 |
| UCM | |||||||
| Anti-PfIgG1* | 11 | 252.80 | 67 | 39.32 | 84 | 88.21 | 0.195 |
| Anti-PfIgG2* | 11 | 7.60 | 68 | 4.40 | 83 | 5.77 | 0.299 |
| Anti-PfIgG3* | 11 | 2.65 | 68 | 2.69 | 85 | 3.13 | 0.622 |
| Anti-PfIgE** | 11 | 0.96 | 68 | 0.65 | 85 | 0.76 | 0.892 |
* = μg/ml, ** = ng/ml, N = number of patients, #Statistical analysis of differences
in IgG subclass levels among the different genotypes tested with ANOVA.