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Table 2 Univariate analysis for PRA in 2,150 adult samples for PRA testing

From: Prevalence and risk factors of antibodies towards HLA Class I and Class II in Malaysian renal transplant candidates

  

Class I+/Class II-

Class I-/Class II+

Class I+/Class II+

  

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

p-value

Gender

      
 

Male (n = 1120)

290 (25.9%)

< 0.001

267 (23.8%)

< 0.001

146 (13.0%)

< 0.001

 

Female (n = 1030)

420 (40.8%)

 

328 (31.8%)

 

217 (21.1%)

 

Age

       
 

< 38 years (n = 1117)

298 (26.7%)

< 0.001

272 (24.4%)

< 0.001

144 (12.9%)

< 0.001

 

≥ 38 years (n = 1033)

412 (39.9%)

 

323 (31.3%)

 

219 (21.2%)

 

Ethnicity

      
 

Malay (n = 1295)

379 (29.3%)

< 0.001

351 (27.1%)

ns

196 (15.1%)

0.003

 

Chinese (n = 493)

187 (37.9%)

 

151 (30.6%)

 

107 (21.7%)

 
 

Indian (n = 206)

90 (43.7%)

 

61 (29.6%)

 

40 (19.4%)

 
 

Others (n = 156)

54 (34.6%)

 

32 (20.5%)

 

20 (12.8%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PRA, panel reactive antibody; +, positive; -, negative; ns, not significant
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