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Table 3 Frequency of different Blastocystis subtypes isolated from CP including CRC and COGT groups and NC group of investigated patients

From: Predominance and association risk of Blastocystis hominis subtype I in colorectal cancer: a case control study

Investigated groups (n)

Recovered subtypes of Blastocystis

no. (%)

I

II

V

CP (38)

CRC (22)

17 (44.7) a

12 (54.5) b, c, d, e

13 (34.2)

6 (27.3)

8 (21.1)

4 (18.2)

COGT (16)

5 (31.3)

7 (43.7)

4 (25)

NC (12)

2 (16.7)

7 (58.3)

3 (25)

Total (50)

19 (38)

20 (40)

11 (22)

  1. Cancer patients (CP); Colorectal cancer (CRC); COGT (Cancer outside gastrointestinal tract); Non cancer (NC)
  2. asubtype I in CP group against subtype I in NC group (P = 0.013)
  3. bsubtype I in CRC group against subtype I in NC group (P = 0.004)
  4. csubtype I in CRC group against subtype I in COGT group (P = 0.024)
  5. dsubtype I in CRC group against subtype II in the same group (P = 0.019)
  6. esubtype I in CRC group against subtype V in the same group (P = 0.018)