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Table 1 Risk factors for CMV shedding (yes vs. no) adjusting for within-person correlation

From: Repeated measures study of weekly and daily cytomegalovirus shedding patterns in saliva and urine of healthy cytomegalovirus-seropositive children

 

Saliva

Urine

Variable

Odds ratio (shedding)

95% CI

P value

Odds ratio (shedding)

95% CI

P value

Sex

      

Girl

1

 

0.88

1

 

0.21

Boy

1.1

0.3-4.2

 

0.6

0.3-1.3

 

Age (months)

      

>24

1

 

0.12*

1

 

0.01

13-24

4.0

0.9-17.8

 

2.8

1.3-6.2

 

0-12

3.9

1.0-14.8

 

7.3

3.2-16.8

 

Daycare attendance

      

Never

1

 

0.13

1

 

0.15

Ever

2.4

0.8-7.8

 

1.8

0.8-3.8

 
  1. *P for shedding prevalence being homogeneous across age categories.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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