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. 2013 Jan;81(1):23–32. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00748-12

Table 2.

Increase in isotype responses to SWA, SmTAL1, SEA, SmTAL2, AHW, and ASP2 following treatment among all children by age group

Antigen and antibody All children
Children ≤10 yr of age
Children >10 yr of age
% boosta (95% CI) P valueb % boost (95% CI) P value % boost (95% CI) P value
SWA
    IgE 7 (1, 13) 0.03 6 (−2, 14) 0.14 7 (−2, 17) 0.12
    IgG1 69 (59, 81) <0.0001 71 (56, 88) <0.0001 68 (53, 84) <0.0001
    IgG4 83 (54, 118) <0.0001 101 (57, 157) <0.0001 68 (30, 116) <0.0001
TAL1
    IgE 30 (11, 51) 0.001 3 (−13, 23) 0.70 61 (26, 107) 0.0002
    IgG1 31 (17, 46) <0.0001 12 (−1, 28) 0.09 52 (28, 80) <0.0001
    IgG4 58 (37, 81) <0.0001 26 (11, 42) 0.0003 96 (54, 150) <0.0001
SEA
    IgE 4 (−3, 12) 0.23 7 (−3, 17) 0.19 2 (−8, 13) 0.67
    IgG1 −7 (−11, −2) 0.004 −4 (−11, 3) 0.23 −10 (−16, −3) 0.01
    IgG4 −18 (−28, −8) 0.001 −8 (−22, 7) 0.27 −27 (−39, −13) 0.001
TAL2
    IgE 2 (−14, 20) 0.86 3 (−18, 30) 0.77 0 (−22, 28) 0.99
    IgG1 −5 (−11, 2) 0.17 −9 (−18, 1) 0.09 0 (−8, 8) 0.94
    IgG4 17 (7, 28) 0.001 17 (1, 36) 0.04 17 (4, 31) 0.01
AHW
    IgE 1 (−30, 44) 0.97 −14 (−42, 27) 0.44 18 (−35, 115) 0.59
    IgG1 −68 (−79, −51) <0.0001 −70 (−84, −42) 0.001 −67 (−81, −41) 0.0003
    IgG4 −17 (−22, −11) <0.0001 −17 (−24, −9) 0.0001 −17 (−24, −9) 0.0001
ASP2
    IgE
    IgG1 −6 (−15, 4) 0.24 −12 (−24, 1) 0.08 1 (−12, 16) 0.89
    IgG4 −6 (−22, 15) 0.56 −11 (−33, 19) 0.44 0 (−23, 30) 0.97
a

Average percent increase in antibody responses, calculated as follows: 100 × (exp{mean[ln(posttreatment level + assay cutoff) − ln(pretreatment level + assay cutoff)]} − 1).

b

Paired t test comparing ln(posttreatment level + assay cutoff) with ln(pretreatment level + assay cutoff).