Table 4.
The Effect of C. trachomatis Infection, as Determined by PCR, on the Frequency of Tear IgG and IgA antibodies to CPAF
| IgG+ Tears n (%) |
OR (95% CI) | P | IgA+ Tears n (%) |
OR (95% CI) | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ct PCR− | Ct PCR+ | Ct PCR− | Ct PCR+ | |||||
| Controls | 10/49 (20) | 1/13 (7.7) | 0.4 (0.0–3.5) | NS | 2/49 (4.1) | 0/13 (0.0) | NA | NS |
| TF/TI | 18 (45 (40) | 16 (20 (80) | 5.0 (1.3–18.5) | 0.017 | 3 (45 (6.7) | 2 (20 (10) | 4.26 (0.5–35.8) | NS |
| Controls | 5 (41 (12) | 2 (16 (13) | 0.9 (0.2–5.8) | NS | 3 (41 (7.3) | 2 (16 (13) | 1.6 (0.2–11.4) | NS |
| TT | 17 (47 (36) | 3 (12 (25) | 0.8 (0.2–4.0) | NS | 3 (47 (6.4) | 1 (12 (8.3) | 3.8 (0.3–53.2) | NS |
The description of the PCR data and statistical analysis is the same as in Table 2.