Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in prostate tissue and serostatus in patients with asymptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia

Table 3 T. vaginalis a-actin IgG and IgG-subtype antibody levels in 171 benign prostate hyperplasia cases and the control group

	BPH cases	Control group	p ^a
T. vaginalis antibody serostatus. No. (%)	53 (31.0 %)	49 (28.7 %)	0.19
Mean OD^a
Total IgGs	0.569	0.561	0.663
Median OD
Total IgGs	0.592	0.567
Mean OD
IgG1	0.086	0.088	0.758
IgG2	0.202	0.158	0.000^a
IgG3	0.159	0.153	0.374
IgG4	0.113	0.112	0.936

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