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Exposed
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Unexposed
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p-values
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|---|
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Stimulation agent
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No PI-fatigue controls (n = 19)
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PI-CFS & ICF (n = 18)
|
Fatigue other cause (n = 9)
|
Recovered from fatigue (n = 10)
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Healthy controls (n = 10)
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Exposed (n = 56)vs unexposed (n = 10)
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No PI-fatigue controls (n = 19) vs PI-CFS/ICF(n = 19)
|
|---|
|
Giardia ass A 10 μg/ml
|
8.6 (5.8)
|
10.3 (7.7)
|
8.8 (5.0)
|
12.4 (8.1)
|
1.8 (3.9)
|
0.001
|
ns*
|
|
Giardia ass B 10 μg/ml
|
3.1 (2.2)
|
4.3 (7.3)
|
3.7 (3.9)
|
7.9 (5.7)
|
1.9 (1.6)
|
0.009
|
ns*
|
|
Tuberculin (PPD)10 μg/ml
|
6.6 (5.4)
|
11.3 (11.1)
|
9.2 (11.4)
|
13.6 (5.2)
|
10.0 (13.6)
|
ns
|
ns*
|
|
LPS S. typi 1 μg/ml
|
5.2 (5.5)
|
5.2 (9.6)
|
4.5 (2.5)
|
5.1 (2.9)
|
3.0 (14.6)
|
ns
|
ns*
|
- The values are percentages of activated CD4 T cells out of all CD4 T cells in stimulated cultures subtracted by the percentage of activated CD4 T cells in unstimulated culture
- *KruskalWallis test across all exposed groups was not significant (below p = 0.05). ns = not significant