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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Jan;31(1):47–52. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318236c67b

Table 2. Geometric Mean Titer (GMT) Through 72 Weeksˆ by Serogroup.

Serogroup Geometric Mean Titer* (95% Confidence Limits)
Week 0
(n=49)
Week 4
(n=49)
Week 24
(n=49)
Week 28
(n=49**)
Week 72
(n=44)
A 12 (6,22) 3871 (2158, 6944) 689 (342, 1388) 3175 (1909, 5281) 488 (221, 1078)
C 8 (5, 12) 52 (24, 112) 28 (14, 54) 484 (250, 937) 65 (30, 140)
W-135 7 (5, 11) 783 (551, 1112) 573 (403, 816) 2167 (1558, 3014) 528 (358, 779)
Y 87 (45, 168) 1039 (614, 1757) 636 (418, 967) 1438 (1023, 2021) 488 (302, 789)
*

Due to assay limitations, exact titers could not be provided for results <8 or >131,072. For purposes of calculating medians and geometric mean titers, results <8 were set equal to 4 and those >131,072 were set equal to 262,144.

**

N=48 for serogroup Y

ˆ

Limited to participants with serology results available from at least Weeks 0, 4 and 2