Table 2: Comparison of the specificity of anti-MSP-119 antibodies between females and males, defined as the proportion of serum samples (at a dilution of 1:250) able to inhibit the binding of mouse monoclonal antibodies (of known binding specificities) to MSP-119 in a competition ELISA.
|
Mab
|
Reduction in Mab binding (%) |
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|
SEX |
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Female N = 84 n (%) |
Male N = 72 n (%) |
c2 )P(
|
|
|
12.1 |
41 (49) |
17 (23) |
10.54 (0.001) |
|
12.8 |
35 (42) |
19 (26) |
4.00 (0.046) |
|
1.00E + 01 |
37 (44) |
18 (25) |
6.16 (0.013) |
|
7.5 |
32 (38) |
15 (21) |
5.49 (0.019) |
|
8 A 12 |
33 (39) |
15 (21) |
6.20 (0.013) |
|
2F10 |
30 (36) |
13 (18) |
6.05 (0.014) |