Table 6 |
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Humoral-immunological parameters of the four studied groups. |
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PARÂMETERS |
ALCOHOL |
ALCOHOL + HCV |
HCV |
CONTROL |
P |
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N |
M |
SD |
N |
M |
SD |
N |
M |
SD |
N |
M |
SD |
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C3 (mg%) |
33 |
106.48 |
42.72 |
20 |
92.62 |
33.72 |
24 |
79.33 |
26.42 |
32 |
123.19 |
33.16 |
< 0.001 |
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C4 (mg%) |
33 |
20.79 |
8.12 |
20 |
19.70 |
8.57 |
24 |
14.21 |
4.66 |
32 |
26.84 |
7.75 |
< 0.001 |
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Gammaglobulin (g%) |
33 |
1.54 |
0.39 |
20 |
2.04 |
0.41 |
24 |
2.28 |
0.76 |
32 |
1.35 |
0.28 |
< 0.001 |
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IgA (mg/dl) |
30 |
577.27 |
286.26 |
20 |
519.15 |
203.92 |
23 |
505.39 |
314.59 |
32 |
268.94 |
121.05 |
< 0.001 |
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IgM (mg/dl) |
30 |
238.33 |
146.46 |
20 |
248.20 |
96.10 |
23 |
325.70 |
222.32 |
32 |
170.03 |
69.25 |
0.001 |
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IgG (mg/dl) |
30 |
1.775.87 |
464.42 |
20 |
2.352.10 |
496.62 |
23 |
2.643.96 |
907.37 |
32 |
1.594.88 |
379.22 |
< 0.001 |
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IgE (IU/dl) |
29 |
5.80 |
0.98 |
18 |
4.83 |
1.18 |
18 |
3.78 |
0.81 |
32 |
4.65 |
1.38 |
< 0.001 |
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Where: C3 and C4 are serum complement components 3 and 4, respectively; IgA, IgM, IgG and IgE are immunoglobulins A, M, G and E, respectively. Range for reference values: C3 (74–185); C4 (16 – 44); Gammaglobulin (0.8 – 1.6); IgA (153 – 359); IgM (73 – 171); IgG (952 – 1538); IgE (up to 100). |
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Caly et al. Nutrition Journal 2003 2:10 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-2-10 |
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