Table 4.
Associations between area of residence and cytokine production by superantigen (SEB)- stimulated peripheral blood leukocytes
Cytokines | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Fold-change | Fold-change | Fold-change | |
(95%CI) | (95%CI) | (95%CI) | |
IL-10 | 0.83 (0.69;1.01) | 1.27 (0.96;1.69) | 1.30 (0.97;1.75) |
IL-17 | 0.96 (0.83;1.11) | 1.19 (0.95;1.47) | 1.19 (0.95;1.49) |
IFN-γ | 0.84 (0.60;1.18) | 0.82 (0.48;1.41) | 0.82 (0.47;1.42) |
IL-13 | 0.85 (0.74;0.97) | 1.14 (0.92;1.41) | 1.20 (0.96;1.50) |
IL-5 | 0.80 (0.67;0.95) | 0.92 (0.71;1.19) | 1.00 (0.76;1.31) |
Fold-changes represent ratios of geometric means using linear regression and are adjusted for different sets of variables as follows: Model 1 - age and sex
Model 2 - age, sex, Giardia, maternal education and bathroom; Model 3 - age, sex, worm infection (Ascaris and or Trichuris), maternal education and bathroom
95 % CI – 95 % confidence intervals
SEB- Staphylococcus enterotoxin B