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Table 2 The distribution of antigen specific antibodiesa among lung cancer cases and controls

From: Absence of an association of human polyomavirus and papillomavirus infection with lung cancer in China: a nested case–control study

 

Cases

Controls

 

(n = 183)

(n = 217)

Antibody

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Difference

HPyV

 MCVb VP1c

8.4

2.5

8.4

2.5

0

 MCVb ST-Agd

1.1

1.8

1.1

2

0

 KIVe VP1 c

9

1.9

8.9

1.5

0.1

 KIVe ST-Agd

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

0

 WUVf VP1 c

9.2

1

9.1

.8

0.1

 WUVf ST-Agd

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.7

0.1

HPVg 16

 E6

.4

1.2

.2

1

0.2

 E7

1.7

2.6

1.4

2.3

0.3

 L1

1.3

2.1

1.1

1.9

0.2

HPVg 18

 E6

1.6

2

1.5

1.9

0.1

 E7

.6

1.6

.5

1.4

0.1

 L1

2.1

2

2.1

1.9

0

Other high-risk HPVg

 31 L1

2.6

2.3

2.6

2.5

0

 33 L1

1.8

2

1.7

1.9

0.1

 52 L1

5

2

5

1.9

0

 58 L1

3.5

2.4

3.4

2.3

0.1

Low-risk HPVg

 6 L1

5.1

2.7

4.9

2.6

0.2

 11 L1

4

2.4

3.7

2.4

0.3

  1. a Measured in units of natural log transformed median fluorescence intensity (lnMFI). The “Mean” is the arithmetic mean, “SD” is the standard deviation, and “Difference” is equal to the mean of the cases minus the mean of the controls
  2. b MCV = Merkel cell polyomavirus
  3. c VP1 = the primary structural protein of human polyomaviruses
  4. d ST-Ag = the small T-antigen of human polyomaviruses
  5. e KIV = KI polyomavirus
  6. f WUV = WU polyomavirus
  7. g HPV = Human papillomavirus