Table 3.
Percentages of Tregs subpopulations among Fulani and Mossi ethnic groups at two time points of malaria transmission season
| Low transmission season | High transmission season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulani ethnic group (13) | Mossi ethnic group (23) | P** value | Fulani (ethnic group 24) | Mossi ethnic group (35) | P** value | |
| % (95% CI)* | % (95% CI)* | % (95% CI)* | % (95% CI)* | |||
| %CD4+CD25+ of CD3 | 4.12 (2.67-5.56) | 4.11 (3.59-4.63) | 0.99 | 5.28 (3.98-6.57) | 4.52 (4.02-5.01) | 0.20 |
| %CD4+CD25+ of CD4 | 7.23 (4.71-9.75) | 6.74 (5.93-7.55) | 0.63 | 8.44 (6.77-10.11) | 7.10 (6.21-7.99) | 0.12 |
| %CD4+CD25high | 3.30 (1.65-4.94) | 2.75 (1.99-3.51) | 0.47 | 2.92 (1.99-3.85) | 1.91 (1.47-2.35) | 0.03 |
| %CD127lowCD25+ | 2.59 (0.53-4.64) | 1.93 (0.99-2.86) | 0.48 | 0.96 (0.28-1.64) | 0.79 (0.59-0.98) | 0.63 |
| %CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ | 2.03 (1.23-2.83) | 1.62 (0.92-2.33) | 0.42 | 1.83 (1.23-2.43) | 1.98 (1.56-2.40) | 0.67 |
| %Foxp3+CD25+ of CD4+CD25+ | 29.97 (20.34-39.59) | 33.88 (28.51-39.26) | 0.42 | 40.67 (35.87-45.48) | 36.86 (31.84-41.88) | 0.26 |
| %CD4+IL10+ of CD4 | 2.09 (0.06-4.25) | 1.66 (1.00-2.32) | 0.60 | 7.29 (5.16-9.41) | 5.23 (3.89-6.57) | 0.08 |
| %CD25+CD4+IL10+ of CD4+IL10+ | 54.91 (49.47-60.35) | 51.64 (42.44-60.84) | 0.6 | 31.32 (27.77-34.87) | 23.69 (16.20-31.18) | 0.07 |
| %CD4+IL10+ of CD25+ | 19.35 (8.98-29.72) | 19.18 (9.74-28.62) | 0.98 | 53.24 (43.85-62.63) | 35.77 (27.33-44.20) | 0.006 |
*95% CI, **p values calculated using the Student's t-test