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Table 2 Association analysis between antibodies against BP39 version of block 2 of PvMSP-1 and haemoglobin concentration (linear regression) and anaemia (logistic regression)

From: Allele-specific antibodies to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-1: prevalence and inverse relationship to haemoglobin levels during infection

Coefficient

Haemoglobin concentration

Anaemia

Estimate

SE

P value

Estimate

SE

P value

Intercept

15.70

62.69

<0.001

−5.835

1.521

<0.001

Age (in years)

−0.015

0.010

0.164

0.035

0.023

0.131

Gender

−1.557

0.313

<0.001

2.198

0.676

0.001

Malaria episodes

 1–5

0.231

0.354

0.516

−1.222

0.711

0.086

 >5

0.447

0.425

0.296

−1.825

0.966

0.059

Municipality (Manaus)

0.720

0.311

0.022

−2.501

0.894

0.005

Parasitemia (per 1000 parasites)

−0.111

0.039

0.005

0.205

0.918

0.025

Antibody level

−0.481

0.105

<10−5

0.629

0.220

0.004