Immune Dysfunction and Coinfection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Schistosoma japonicum in Yi People

Table 2

Characteristics of individuals included in the analysis of IFN-γ, IL-10, and IL-17 levels.

IFN-γ
Characteristic		Group 1 ()	Group 2 ()	Group 3 ()	Group 4 ()
Age, median (interquartile range), years		34 (8.00, 40.00)	36.00 (16.00, 44.75)	36.00 (33.00, 40.00)	36.00 (23.00, 45.00)	2.161	0.540
Sex	Male	12	10	8	11		0.216
	Female	7	2	7	12
Education	Illiterate	10	4	9	7	4.009	0.260
	Elementary school and above	9	8	6	15
Occupation	Peasant	16	9	13	17		0.843
	Else	3	3	2	5
IL-10
Characteristic		Group 1 (n=22)	Group 2 (n=12)	Group 3 (n=14)	Group 4 (n=27)	z/χ^2	P
Age, median (interquartile range), years		34.00 (19.25, 40.50)	36.00 (16.00, 44.75)	36.00 (32.75, 40.25)	35.00 (18.00, 45.00)	1.074	0.783
Sex	Male	15	10	9	15		0.419
	Female	7	2	5	12
Education	Illiterate	11	4	9	9	4.460	0.216
	Elementary school and above	11	8	5	18
Occupation	Peasant	18	9	12	19		0.776
	Else	4	3	2	8
IL-17
Characteristic		Group 1 ()	Group 2 ()	Group 3 ()	Group 4 ()
Age, median (interquartile range), years		32.00 (7.25, 41.50)	29.50 (9.75, 44.75)	35.00 (30.75, 38.00)	25.50 (7.75, 34.50)	3.612^∗	0.307
Sex	Male	11	7	4	8		0.363
	Female	5	1	3	6
Education	Illiterate	9	2	5	4		0.324
	Elementary school and above	7	6	2	9
Occupation	Peasant	12	5	6	9		0.869
	Else	4	3	1	4

Kruskal-Wallis rank test, Fisher’s exact test.