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Table 5 Distributions of final immunological summary scales derived from cytokine 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

T-Reg response

ANTI

MITO

NC

n

%

n

%

n

%

 no response

22

2.7

21

2.6

749

91.6

 low response

152

18.6

121

14.8

36

4.4

 high response

644

78.7

676

82.6

33

4.0

Th1 response

ANTI

MITO

  

n

%

n

%

  

 no response

604

73.8

71

8.7

  

 low response

94

11.5

137

16.7

  

 high response

120

14.7

610

74.6

  

Th2 response

ANTI

MITO

  

n

%

n

%

  

 no response

642

78.5

99

12.1

  

 low response

79

9.7

162

19.8

  

 intermediate response

-

-

218

26.7

  

 high response

97

11.8

339

41.4

  

TH1/TH2 balance

ANTI

MITO

  

n

%

n

%

  

 no TH1 resp./no TH2 resp.

481

58.8

36

4.4

  

 TH1 resp./no. TH2 resp.

161

19.7

63

7.7

  

 TH1 resp./TH2 resp.

53

6.5

684

83.6

  

 no TH1 resp./TH2 resp.

123

15.0

35

4.3

  
  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