The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 Comparison between cases and controls as regard level of anti-Hp hsp60 IgG and its distribution at gender and course of MS patients

From: Relevance of Helicobacter pylori infection in Egyptian multiple sclerosis patients

Anti hsp60 IgG level (pg/ml)	Groups			T test
	Case	Control		t	P value
Range	1150–5000	550–5000		3.383	0.001*
Mean ± SD	3421.538 ± 1385.999	2570.846 ± 1479.420
Cases		Anti-hsp60 IgG level (pg/ml)		T test or ANOVA
		N	Mean ± SD	T or F	P value
Gender	Male	17	3555.882 ± 1416.160	0.462	0.646
	Female	48	3373.958 ± 1387.175
Course of MS	RRMS	42	2775.000 ± 1186.098	24.836	< 0.001*
	SPMS	22	4702.273 ± 709.708
	PPMS	1	2400.000 ± 0.000

hsp60 heat shock protein 60, IgG immunoglobulin G, SD standard deviation, ANOVA analysis of variance, RRMS relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, SPMS secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, PPMS primary progressive multiple sclerosis

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