Table 4.
Percentage of positive test results and levels of IgG against respiratory pathogens in healthy controls (HC) and olympic-level athletes
| Pathogen |
HC |
Athletes |
P value [χ2 test] |
HC |
Athletes |
P value [Mann-Whitney U test] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of positive serological tests | median IgG level | |||||
| PIV 1,2,3 |
95.7% |
74.7% |
<0.0003 |
99.5 U/ml |
32.9 U/ml |
<0.0001 |
| RSV |
84.4% |
68.2% |
0.01 |
39.7 EIU |
35.3 EIU |
0.25 |
| AdV |
72.7% |
71.3% |
0.93 |
33.4 EIU |
44.2 EIU |
0.0005 |
| M. pneumoniae | 100% | 90.2% | 0.01 | 66.3 EIU | 65.2 EIU | 0.38 |
PIV, parainfluenza virus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; AdV, adenovirus. Significant P values given in bold print.