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Table 4 Summary of result of intercytokine analysis using data collected from 818 children in SCAALA Salvador

From: Applied immuno-epidemiological research: an approach for integrating existing knowledge into the statistical analysis of multiple immune markers

Measure

Cytokine

IL-5

IL-13

IL-10

ANTI

IFN-γ

γ = -0.36*, P = 0.669

γ = 0.12, P = 0.324

γ = 0.33*, P = 0.011

 

IL-5

 

γ = 0.58**, P = 0.001

γ = 0.06, P = 0.242

 

IL-13

  

γ = -0.04, P = 0.648

MITO

IFN-γ

γ = 0.53**, P < 0.001

γ = 0.65**, P < 0.001

γ = 0.46*, P < 0.001

 

IL-5

 

γ = 0.62**, P < 0.001

γ = 0.27*, P < 0.001

 

IL-13

  

γ = 0.19, P = 0.008

NC

IFN-γ

γ = 0.18, P = 445

γ = 0.09, P = 0.095

γ = 0.04, P = 0.500

 

IL-5

 

γ = -0.22, P = 0.451

γ = -0.39*, P = 0.620

 

IL-13

  

γ = 0.07, P = 0.484

  1. ANTI: Maximum immune response observed in cell cultures stimulated by B. tropicalis or D. pteronyssinus, MITO: response in cell cultures stimulated by pokeweed mitogen, NC: response in non-stimulated cell cultures; γ: Goodman and Kruskal’s γ, P: P-value of chi-square test of independence, significant associations are shown in bold; Strength of association: * … weak (0.25 < |γ| < =0.5), ** … moderate (0.50 < |γ| < =0.75)
  2. *** … strong (0.75 < |γ| < =1); Significant estimates (P<0.05) are shown in bold