Table 2. Association of helminth infections with percent of HLA-DR^pos CD4 T cells.

Uni- and multi-variable mixed-effects linear regression results, with random effect for residence in Kyela site, multivariable results adjusted for all variables shown.

			univariable			multivariable
Covariate	N	Mean	Coef.	95% CI	p-value	Coef.	95% CI	p-value
Age
(per year)	-	-	0,13	(0.08 to 0.18)	0.0000	0,14	(0.09 to 0.18)	0.0000
Sex
female*	131	8,78	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
male	95	8,45	-0,56	(-1.71 to 0.58)	0.3332	0,15	(-0.92 to 1.21)	0.7887
Current fever
no*	200	8,50	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
yes	20	10,39	1,99	(0.04 to 3.95)	0.0460	1,36	(-0.45 to 3.18)	0.1412
no data	6	7,39	-0,48	(-3.96 to 3.00)	0.7860	-0,13	(-3.35 to 3.09)	0.9359
W. bancrofti
neg. *	193	8,31	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	33	10,59	1,83	(0.14 to 3.52)	0.0337	1,58	(0.08 to 3.09)	0.0392
Hookworm
neg. *	147	8,83	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	79	8,29	-0,62	(-1.79 to 0.55)	0.3019	-0,74	(-1.83 to 0.35)	0.1827
A. lumbricoides
neg. *	177	8,25	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	49	10,05	1,49	(0.11 to 2.86)	0.0337	2,12	(0.80 to 3.43)	0.0016
T. trichiura
neg. *	189	8,34	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	37	10,15	1,15	(-0.53 to 2.83)	0.1807	1,82	(0.34 to 3.31)	0.0162
S. mansoni
neg. *	145	8,64	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	81	8,63	-0,09	(-1.26 to 1.08)	0.8839	1,46	(0.28 to 2.65)	0.0155
S. haematobium
neg. *	209	8,67	0,00	-	-	0,00	-	-
pos.	17	8,22	-0,48	(-2.60 to 1.64)	0.6573	0,71	(-1.26 to 2.67)	0.4818

N = number of observations; Mean = mean outcome; Coef. = coefficient; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval

* reference stratum