You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

Earlier studies showed heterogeneous patterns in correlative relationships between natural parasite load and innate immunity (Lindström et al., 2004; Møller and Haussy, 2007; Parejo and Silva, 2009; Whiteman et al., 2006), no experimental evidence of pathogenic effects on NAb concentration, and small effects on complement only [e.
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