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Table 3 Knowledge concerning the route of transmission of CMV (#3)

From: What people know about congenital CMV: an analysis of a large heterogeneous population through a web-based survey

 

Gender (n = 3,215)

Age (n = 2,840) a

Education (n = 3,215)

Parenthood (n = 3,215)

Total

Female

Male

<24 years

25–40 year

>40 year

Undergraduates

Bachelor graduates

Masters graduates

Non-parents

Parents

Total of respondents (n.)

 

961

842

1,186

812

1,391

363

1,461

2,260

955

3,215

Right answers (%)

Saliva

67.0

70.1

65.7

71.9

68.1

66.4

65.0

70.1

67.6

68.6

67.9

Sexual Intercourse

56.4*

63.2

61.2

56.8

58.7

60.0

59.8

56.6

60.4*

53.7

58.4

Blood contact

65.9*

71,4

69.1

67.5

66.1

68.6

71.4

65.6

69.6*

62.8

67.6

Urine contact

43.2

41.5

41.6

42.6

44.6

42.0

43.8

43.1

42.6

42.9

42.7

Breast-feeding

42.7

41.1

50.4*

40.7

33.4

45.5*

41.9

39.2

47.0*

30.8

42.2

Transfusion/Transplant

51.6*

59.1

58.7*

56.4

46.6

54.7

54.3

52.9

58.2*

43.6

53.8

Wrong answers (%)

Direct skin contact

4.6

4.8

3.9

4.6

6.0

4.3

2.5

5.5

4.4

5.1

4.6

Air

9.9

7.8

8.3

10.5

9.5

9.3

5.2

10.3

8.2*

11.7

9.3

Do not know

15.6

15.9

15.7

13.9

16.8

16.0

14.3

15.8

15.4

16.4

15.7

  1. a Information about the age of responders was provided by 2,840 out of 3,215 individuals
  2. * p < 0.05