Research Article
Impaired Lymphocyte Profile in Schistosomiasis Patients with Periportal Fibrosis
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the individuals enrolled in the study.
| | | Without fibrosis () | Incipient fibrosis () | Moderate to severe fibrosis () | |
| | Age (years)* | | | | | | Median (min–max) | 30 (12–50) | 34 (20–62) | 47 (26–70) | <0.05a | | Gender | | | | | | Male (%)** | 06 (40) | 05 (33.3) | 02 (28.5) | >0.05 | | S. mansoni parasite load | | | | | | Median (min–max; eggs per gram of feces) | 72 (24–392) | 72 (24–600) | 72 (24–192) | >0.05 |
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Without fibrosis versus moderate to severe fibrosis. *ANOVA; **Fisher’s exact test.
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