Association between Micronutrients (Vitamin A, D, Iron) and Schistosome-Specific Cytokine Responses in Zimbabweans Exposed to Schistosoma haematobium
Table 2
and values obtained from ANOVA determining the association between cytokine levels and micronutrient levels.
Vit D
RBP
sTfR
Ferritin
sTfR/ferritin ratio
CRP
value ( value)
value ( value)
value ( value)
value ( value)
value ( value)
value ( value)
IFN-γ
0.008 (0.931)
0.153 (0.701)
0.017 (0.898)
1.741 (0.206)
0.081 (0.779)
0.256 (0.616)
IFN-γ* infection status
0.047 (0.790)
0.806 (0.383)
4.631 (0.047)
1.312 (0.269)
7.516 (0.011)
0.009 (0.926)
IL-4
9.662 (0.004)
0.105 (0.751)
2.649 (0.123)
0.288 (0.599)
2.218 (0.140)
0.543 (0.467)
IL-4* infection status
10.487 (0.003)
0.894 (0.358)
4.412 (0.052)
0.126 (0.727)
7.702 (0.010)
0.465 (0.500)
IL-5
0.311 (0.560)
0.001 (0.975)
0.293 (0.596)
1.005 (0.331)
0.236 (0.631)
1.793 (0.190)
IL-5* infection status
0.003 (0.960)
0.742 (0.402)
0.122 (0.732)
10.706 (0.005)
0.080 (0.780)
0.006 (0.937)
IL-10
1.509 (0.237)
5.786 (0.023)
0.001 (0.970)
0.875 (0.364)
0.042 (0.838)
0.520 (0.476)
IL-10* infection status
0.372 (0.550)
2.831 (0.104)
1.336 (0.265)
0.237 (0.633)
0.038 (0.846)
2.243 (0.144)
The effects of the potential confounders sex, age was allowed for first before testing for the effects of the cytokine and the interaction between cytokine and infection status using sequential sums of squares to calculate the value. Significant values are highlighted in bold.
