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Table 2 Variations of anti-VCA and -EA Ig titles according to patient ages

From: EBV latent membrane protein 1 abundance correlates with patient age but not with metastatic behavior in north African nasopharyngeal carcinomas

 

Age category (patient number)

EBV-antibody titles

< 30 years (n = 21)

≥ 30 years (n = 47)

pa

IgG VCA < 320

7 (33,3%)

4 (8,5%)

0,03

IgG EA < 40

12 (57,1%)

6 (12,8%)

2.7 × 10 -4

IgA VCA < 10

15 (75%)

7 (14,9%)

< 10 -5

IgA EA < 10

16 (76,2%)

12 (25,5%)

<10 -3

  1. a Based on the Fisher exact test