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Table 2 Multivariable linear regression analyses assessing the effect of prenatal malaria exposure (PME) categories on TLR-mediated cytokine responses at birth

From: Modulation of innate immune responses at birth by prenatal malaria exposure and association with malaria risk during the first year of life

Cytokines*

Exposed/no PM vs non-exposed

Past PM vs non-exposed

Chronic PM vs non-exposed

Acute PM vs non-exposed

Coeff (SE)

P

Coeff (SE)

P

Coeff (SE)

P

Coeff (SE)

P

TLR7/8 responses using log10 of ratio cytokines concentrations

 Pro

IFN-α

0.15 (0.08)

0.079

0.19 (0.08)

0.018

0.09 (0.09)

0.359

0.08 (0.15)

0.591

IL-1RA

0.15 (0.12)

0.223

0.22 (0.11)

0.049

0.15 (0.14)

0.263

0.22 (0.22)

0.308

IL-1β

0.13 (0.20)

0.522

0.36 (0.18)

0.049

0.32 (0.22)

0.140

0.11 (0.35)

0.765

TNF

0.28 (0.24)

0.238

0.55 (0.22)

0.013

0.31 (0.26)

0.229

0.36 (0.42)

0.387

 Th1

IL-12

0.18 (0.16)

0.259

0.34 (0.14)

0.015

0.30 (0.17)

0.074

0.30 (0.27)

0.276

IL-2

0.12 (0.07)

0.092

0.15 (0.06)

0.019

0.14 (0.08)

0.081

0.09 (0.12)

0.448

IL-2R

0.16 (0.10)

0.103

0.23 (0.09)

0.012

0.19 (0.11)

0.081

0.15 (0.18)

0.398

IFN-γ

0.18 (0.12)

0.137

0.29 (0.11)

0.008

0.25 (0.13)

0.056

− 0.03 (0.21)

0.898

 Th2

IL-13

0.14 (0.13)

0.272

0.25 (0.12)

0.031

0.25 (0.14)

0.079

0.26 (0.22)

0.237

 Chemokines

MIP-1α

0.47 (0.27)

0.085

0.72 (0.25)

0.004

0.59 (0.30)

0.049

0.57 (0.48)

0.237

MIP-1β

0.36 (0.25)

0.143

0.56 (0.22)

0.013

0.52 (0.26)

0.049

0.54 (0.43)

0.214

RANTES

0.17 (0.10)

0.097

0.23 (0.09)

0.015

0.21 (0.11)

0.062

0.07 (0.18)

0.697

 Growth factors

EGF

0.10 (0.06)

0.087

0.12 (0.05)

0.017

0.09 (0.06)

0.125

0.09 (0.10)

0.360

FGF

0.16 (0.09)

0.069

0.22 (0.08)

0.005

0.23 (0.09)

0.017

0.32 (0.15)

0.037

G-CSF

0.18 (0.13)

0.170

0.35 (0.12)

0.004

0.29 (0.14)

0.047

0.38 (0.23)

0.099

GM-CSF

0.34 (0.16)

0.033

0.53 (0.14)

< 0.001

0.36 (0.17)

0.032

0.64 (0.27)

0.020

HGF

0.08 (0.06)

0.151

0.11 (0.05)

0.029

0.06 (0.06)

0.299

0.04 (0.10)

0.676

TLR9 responses using log10 of ratio cytokines concentrations

 Th2

IL-5

− 0.08 (0.07)

0.283

− 0.11 (0.07)

0.008

− 0.20 (0.08)

0.009

− 0.14 (0.13)

0.267

 Growth factors

FGF

0.08 (0.07)

0.231

0.14 (0.06)

0.028

0.15 (0.07)

0.050

0.14 (0.12)

0.234

G-CSF

0.11 (0.08)

0.187

0.17 (0.07)

0.016

0.15 (0.09)

0.082

0.09 (0.09)

0.505

TLR3 responses using log10 of ratio cytokines concentrations

 Th2

IL-5

− 0.06 (0.06)

0.392

− 0. 12(0.06)

0.046

− 0.15 (0.07)

0.033

− 0.02 (0.11)

0.841

 Chemokines

IP-10

0.13 (0.11)

0.222

0.22 (0.10)

0.026

0.32 (0.12)

0.008

0.10 (0.19)

0.584

Unstimulated samples using log10 of crude cytokines concentrations

 Pro

IFN-α

− 0.11 (0.07)

0.154

− 0.14 (0.07)

0.038

− 0.15 (0.08)

0.069

− 0.01 (0.13)

0.948

IL-1RA

− 0.24 (0.12)

0.055

− 0.23 (0.11)

0.040

− 0.23 (0.14)

0.086

− 0.37 (0.21)

0.084

IL-1β

− 0.35 (0.24)

0.152

− 0.58 (0.22)

0.008

− 0.50 (0.26)

0.057

− 0.62 (0.42)

0.142

TNF

− 0.40 (0.26)

0.117

− 0. 61(0.23)

0.009

− 0.49 (0.28)

0.079

− 0.47 (0.45)

0.296

 Anti

IL-10

− 0.22 (0.32)

0.485

− 0.60 (0.29)

0.041

− 0.45 (0.35)

0.204

− 0.92 (0.56)

0.105

IL-7

− 0.34 (0.10)

< 0.001

− 0.40 (0.09)

< 0.001

−  0.35 (0.11)

< 0.001

− 0.40 (0.17)

0.021

 Th1

IL-15

− 0.39 (0.16)

0.015

− 0.52 (0.14)

< 0.001

− 0.52 (0.17)

0.003

− 0.36 (0.28)

0.190

IL-2

− 0.15 (0.08)

0.064

− 0.16 (0.07)

0.032

− 0.18 (0.09)

0.053

− 0.12 (0.14)

0.382

IFN-γ

− 0.14 (0.08)

0.094

− 0.17 (0.07)

0.023

− 0.21 (0.09)

0.024

− 0.10 (0.14)

0.494

 Th2

IL-13

− 0.25 (0.12)

0.038

− 0.22 (0.11)

0.042

− 0.32 (0.13)

0.014

− 0.12 (0.21)

0.056

IL-4

− 0.27 (0.14)

0.057

− 0.40 (0.13)

0.002

− 0.26 (0.15)

0.096

− 0.07 (0.25)

0.769

 Th17

IL-17

− 0.13 (0.07)

0.046

− 0.15 (0.06)

0.016

− 0.17 (0.07)

0.017

− 0.18 (0.12)

0.128

 Chemokines

MIP-1α

− 0.29 (0.28)

0.297

− 0.56 (0.25)

0.029

− 0.50 (0.31)

0.102

− 0.37 (0.49)

0.453

RANTES

− 0.23 (0.12)

0.050

− 0.25 (0.11)

0.023

− 0.28 (0.13)

0.029

− 0.19 (0.21)

0.371

 Growth factors

EGF

− 0.11 (0.07)

0.106

− 0.12 (0.06)

0.047

− 0.15 (0.07)

0.049

− 0.09 (0.12)

0.446

FGF

− 0.12 (0.08)

0.151

− 0.15 (0.08)

0.049

− 0. 17(0.09)

0.070

− 0.17 (0.15)

0.244

G-CSF

− 0.21 (0.17)

0.229

− 0.37 (0.15)

0.019

− 0.37 (0.15)

0.045

− 0.33 (0.30)

0.276

GM-CSF

− 0.36 (0.19)

0.058

− 0.59 (0.17)

< 0.001

− 0.60 (0.21)

0.004

− 0.59 (0.33)

0.079

HGF

− 0.19 (0.07)

0.008

− 0.20 (0.06)

0.002

− 0.19 (0.08)

0.015

− 0.15 (0.12)

0.221

VEGF

− 0.45 (0.22)

0.041

− 0.59 (0.20)

0.003

− 0.43 (0.24)

0.070

− 0.35 (0.38)

0.356

  1. PM placental malaria, Coeff coefficient, SE standard error, Pro proinflammatory cytokines, P p value, Anti anti-inflammatory cytokines, Th1 Th1-type cytokines, Th2 Th2-type cytokines, Th17 Th17, type cytokines. *Only cytokines whose concentrations are significantly modified by categories of PME are presented. Non-exposed category was used as reference in each model. Significant results are shown in italic