Table 3.
Mucosal anti-gp41 and anti-gp140 IgG response magnitude is significantly increased vs. anti-gp120 IgG in cervical, rectal and oral secretions.
| Mediana | P-value | PFWERb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gp120 vs. gp140 | |||
| Cervical sponge | 0.008 vs. 0.126 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| Rectal sponge | 0.017 vs. 0.149 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| Saliva | 0.016 vs. 0.069 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| Seminal plasma | 0.009 vs. 0.024 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| gp120 vs. gp41 | |||
| Cervical sponge | 0.009 vs. 0.080 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| Rectal sponge | 0.021 vs. 0.248 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
| Saliva | 0.016 vs. 0.068 | 0.0013 | 0.0065** | 
| Seminal plasma | 0.012 vs. 0.007 | 0.1323 | 0.3969 | 
| gp140 vs. gp41 | |||
| Cervical sponge | 0.126 vs. 0.074 | 0.8683 | 0.8683 | 
| Rectal sponge | 0.149 vs. 0.189 | 0.4994 | 0.8683 | 
| Saliva | 0.069 vs. 0.055 | 0.0126 | 0.0506 | 
| Seminal plasma | 0.024 vs. 0.007 | <0.0001 | <0.0001*** | 
Bold values are statistically significant.
*PFWER ≤ 0.05; **PFWER ≤ 0.01; ***PFWER ≤ 0.001.
aMedian among the participants who had a positive response to at least one antigen.
bPFWER is the adjusted P-value for multiple comparisons to control the family-wide type I error rate.