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Table 4 Knowledge concerning symptoms at birth (#4) and long-terms effects (#5) of cCMV infection

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.)

2,254

961

842

1,186

812

1,391

363

1,461

2,260

955

3,215

Symptoms of cCMV infection showed at birth (#4)

Right answers (%)

 No symptoms

44.9

48.6

43.1

49.4

47.0

44.9

42.4

48.1

45.8

46.7

46.0

 Petechiae

35.7

37.3

37.9*

39.1

30.1

38.3

34.4

34.6

39.7*

27.6

36.1

 Prematurity/SGA

52.3

46.8

53.6*

55.2

42.9

51.8

49.9

49.8

52.6*

56.2

50.7

 Hearing Loss

56.3

51.3

56.1

61.1

46.1

55.8

53.2

54.4

56.4

51.2

54.8

 Convulsions

36.6

35.5

34.0*

41.6

30.2

37.3

33.3

35.9

39.0*

29.7

36.2

 Microcephaly

44.7

43.4

47.3*

50.8

32.8

46.3

41.3

43.1

47.9*

35.8

44.3

 Death

36.5

38.8

42.9*

41.7

25.1

40.9*

31.1

35.2

41.2*

27.6

37.2

Wrong answers (%)

 Spina Bifida

6.7

9.5

10.6*

7.1

4.8

10.2*

8.0

4.9

8.6*

5.1

7.6

 Club Foot

4.0

4.1

5.7*

3.9

2.5

5.7*

2.8

2.7

4.5

2.8

4.0

 Harelip

6.1

4.9

9.1*

5.6

2.8

8.3*

6.3

3.1

6.7*

3.4

5.7

 Phocomelia

8.5

7.4

11.6

8.7

4.3

9.6

9.6

6.5

9.3*

5.5

8.2

 Cardiac defect

34.3

31.5

40.4*

37.9

22.4

37.0*

30.3

30.8

36.5*

26.2

33.4

Long-terms effects of cCMV infection (#5)

Right answers (%)

 Psychomotor retardation

53.7

53.7

54.8*

58.9

47.5

55.6

54.8

51.5

55.7*

49.0

53.7

 Death

14.5

17.7

16.4

14.8

15.3

17.1

15.4

13.8

16.5

12.9

15.4

 Blindness

43.7

41.2

45.1*

47.0

39.0

44.4

40.8

42.2

44.4

39.7

43.0

 Hearing Loss

57.8*

52.5

58.8*

61.8

48.3

58.2

55.4

54.4

58.3*

51.1

56.2

Wrong answers (%)

 Obesity

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.4

0,9

1.4

0.6

0.9

0.4

0.8

 None of them

1.2

1.8

1.9

1.1

1.0

1.6

1.1

1.2

1.5

1.2

1.4

 Don’t know

29.2

31.2

24.7*

26.3

37.4

26.5*

30.6

32.9

27.7*

34.8

29.8

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