Table 1: Comparison of antibody levels (optical density) to asexual blood stage antigens according to sex.
|
Antigen
|
Females |
Males |
P value |
||
|
N |
Median (IQR) |
N |
Median (IQR) |
(Mann-Whitney U) |
|
|
MSP-119 |
84 |
1.307 (0.226-2.317) |
72 |
0.227 (0.029-1.133) |
0.0001 |
|
MSP-142 |
84 |
1.681 (0.774-2.348) |
72 |
0.936 (0.503-1.633) |
0.0014 |
|
MSP-2 3D7 |
84 |
1.888 (0.989-2.475) |
72 |
1.539 (0.530-2.357) |
0.038 |
|
MSP-2 FC27 |
84 |
2.316 (1.573-2.592) |
72 |
1.726 (0.945-2.549) |
0.029 |
|
AMA-1 |
82 |
0.292 (0.155-0.406) |
71 |
0.314 (0.213-0.403) |
0.546 |
|
Pf Lysate |
82 |
0.149 (0.101-0.214) |
71 |
0.191 (0.102-0.246) |
0.065 |
|
RESA |
67 |
0.302 (0.405-0.667) |
60 |
0.272 (0.370 -0.649) |
0.589 |
|
SE50A |
82 |
0.010 (0.004-0.017) |
82 |
0.007 (0.004-0.014) |
0.35 |
|
SE36 |
84 |
0.207 (0.214-0.243) |
72 |
0.205 (0.213 -0.261) |
0.37 |