Table 3.
Complement levels in the Bangladeshi cohort.
Endemic controls | MB patients without reaction | MB patients with reaction | ||||
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Bangladeshi cohort | Mean (mg/l) | SE (mg/l) | Mean (mg/l) | SE (mg/l) | Mean (mg/l) | SE (mg/l) |
C1s | 94·69 | 2·77 | 99·41 | 3·07 | 90·66 | 4·84 |
C4d | 3·46 | 0·39 | 8·83 | 0·77 | 13·41 | 1·60 |
Bb | 16·53 | 1·92 | 24·26 | 0·98 | 28·12 | 1·96 |
iC3b | 5·42 | 0·63 | 8·63 | 0·81 | 12·05 | 2·71 |
TCC | 1·87 | 0·15 | 2·27 | 0·09 | 2·56 | 0·10 |
Factor H | 253·7 | 15·82 | 277·3 | 11·28 | 231·6 | 21·97 |
Clusterin | 297·3 | 19·74 | 398·0 | 10·15 | 378·9 | 15·87 |