Cytokine responses to Schistosoma haematobium in a Zimbabwean population: contrasting profiles for IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10 with age

Table 1 Description of study population

Age group (years)	Male (sample size)	Female (sample size)	Total (sample size)	Range of egg counts/10 ml urine
6–10	17	12	29	0–465
11–12	14	17	31	0–535
13–14	18	22	40	0–362
15–16	17	16	33	0–327
17–18	14	9	23	0–168
19+	7	27	34	0–123

The table gives the sample sizes in each of the age groups represented in Figure 1.

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