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. 2021 Feb 25;20:111. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-03652-y

Table 4.

Comparative prevalence of KIR genes from 3 sites of Uganda with historically varied malaria transmission intensity

Study sites
Genes Tororo, N = 438 Jinja, N = 414 Kanungu, N = 446 Mid-P p-values
n % n % n % T vs J T vs K J vs K
2DS2 224 51.1% 218 52.7% 228 51.1% 0.658 0.995 0.652
2DL2 254 58.0% 240 58..0% 254 57.0% 0.995 0.754 0.762
2DL3 366 83.6% 352 85.0% 380 85.2% 0.558 0.502 0.942
2DP1 432 98.6% 409 98.8% 442 99.1% 0.834 0.506 0.654
2DL1 432 98.6% 409 98.8% 441 98.9% 0.834 0.739 0.906
3DL1 421 96.1% 394 95.2% 439 98.4% 0.497 0.064 0.061
3DS1 58 13.2% 75 18.1% 34 7.6% 0.052 0.006  < 0.001
2DL5 291 66.4% 264 63.8% 255 57.2% 0.414 0.005 0.048
2DS5 204 46.6% 180 43.5% 148 33.2% 0.364  < 0.001 0.002
2DS3 92 21.0% 84 20.3% 111 24.9% 0.797 0.170 0.108
2DS1 117 26.7% 126 30.4% 88 19.7% 0.229 0.014  < 0.001
2DS4 424 96.8% 392 94.7% 438 98.2% 0.125 0.181 0.059

Mid-P exact p-values for comparisons of KIR genes in Tororo vs Jinja, Tororo vs Kanungu and Jinja vs Kanungu