Association between Micronutrients (Vitamin A, D, Iron) and Schistosome-Specific Cytokine Responses in Zimbabweans Exposed to Schistosoma haematobium

Table 1

List of factors whose association with micronutrient levels was tested with ANOVA. 𝐹 and 𝑃 values are given for each factor.

	Sex	Age group	Schistosome infection status
	𝐹 value (𝑃 value)	𝐹 value (𝑃 value)	𝐹 value (𝑃 value)
Vitamin D	3.24 (0.083)	1.97 (0.160)	0.004 (0.953)
RBP	0.500 (0.485)	5.39 (0.010)	0.195 (0.663)
sTfR	1.28 (0.268)	0.639 (0.536)	0.482 (0.493)
Ferritin	4.146 (0.050) (𝑀>𝐹)	0.673 (0.517)	1.506 (0.229)
sTfR/ferritin ratio	0.255 (0.618)	0.388 (0.682)	1.294 (0.265)
CRP	1.710 (0.200)	2.670 (0.085)	0.652 (0.425)

The effects of the factors sex, age was allowed for first before testing for the effects of infection status on the micronutrient levels using sequential sums of squares to calculate the 𝐹 value. Significant 𝑃 values are highlighted in bold.