Table 1. Baseline schistosome-specific antibody status stratified by sex and HIV status.
| All Women | All Men | HIV+ Women | HIV- Women | HIV+ Men | HIV- Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELISA units | N (%) | N (%) | p-value | N (%) | N (%) | p-value | N (%) | N (%) | p-value |
| >70 | 210 (19) | 326 (31) | < .0001 | 111 (19) | 99 (20) | 0.319 | 179 (30) | 147 (33) | 0.320 |
| 50–70 | 95 (9) | 95 (9) | 52 (9) | 43 (9) | 53 (9) | 42 (9) | |||
| 25 –<50 | 266 (24) | 269 (26) | 133 (22) | 133 (26) | 149 (25) | 120 (27) | |||
| < 25 | 528 (48) | 356 (34) | 300 (50) | 228 (45) | 218 (36) | 138 (31) | |||
| Total (row %) | 1099 (51) | 1046 (49) | 596 (28) | 503 (23) | 599 (28) | 447 (21) |
ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
p-values are for comparisons across all four ELISA categories