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Table 2 Association between the presence of anelloviral DNA and history of HAV infection or different medical procedures in the overall study group

From: Prevalence of human anelloviruses in Romanian healthy subjects and patients with common pathologies

Variable

History of HAV infection (n = 390)

Surgical proceduresa (n = 777)

Undergone dialysis/transfusions (n = 190)

TTV DNA positive

304 (77.9%)*

OR = 1.8 (95% CI 1.4–2.4)

591 (76%)*

OR = 1.8 (95% CI 1.5–2.3)

169 (88.9%)*

OR = 4.1 (95% CI 2.6–6.6)

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

152/189 (80.4%)*

OR = 2.1 (95% CI 1.4–3.1)

152/201 (75.6%)**

112/130 (86.1%)*

OR = 3.2 (95% CI 1.9–5.3)

475/647 (73.4%)*

OR = 2 (95% CI 1.6–2.6)

69/79 (87.3%)*

OR = 3.3 (95% CI 1.7–6.6)

100/111 (90.1%)*

OR = 4.9 (95% CI 2.6–9.3)

TTMDV DNA positive

260 (66.7%)*

OR = 1.9 (95% CI 1.5–2.4)

507 (65.2%)*

OR = 2 (95% CI 1.7–2.5)

149 (78.4%)*

OR = 3.4 (95% CI 2.3–4.8)

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

128/189 (67.7%)*

OR = 2.4 (95% CI 1.7–3.3)

132/201 (65.6%) **

92/130 (70.7%)*

OR = 2.6 (95% CI 1.7–4)

414/647 (64%)*

OR = 2 (95% CI 1.5–2.5)

61/79 (77.2%)*

OR = 3.6 (95% CI 2.1–6.2)

88/111 (79.2%)*

OR = 3.2 (95% CI 2–5.1)

TTMV DNA positive

220 (56.4%)*

OR = 2.3 (95% CI 1.8–2.8)

383 (47.8%)*

OR = 1.8 (95% CI 1.5–2.2)

130 (68.4%)*

OR = 3.6 (95% CI 2.6–5)

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

117 / 189 (61.9%)*

OR = 3.5 (95% CI 2.5–4.8)

103/201 (51.2%)**

83/130 (63.8%)*

OR = 3.5 (95% CI 2.3–5.1)

300/647 (46.3%)*

OR = 1.6 (95% CI 1.2–2)

61/79 (77.2%)*

OR = 6.8 (95% CI 3.7–11.1)

69/111 (62.1%)*

OR = 2.5 (95% CI 1.7–3.8)

  1. HAV – hepatitis A virus, OR = Odds Ratio, aat least one surgical procedure including breast cancer surgery, tonsillectomy, appendectomy, caesarean section, surgical abortion, septoplasty or aesthetic surgery; Statistical significance: *Chi Squared/Fisher exact p < Bonferroni corrected alpha = 0.0003 (compared with subjects without the analysed variable); **Chi Squared/Fisher exact p <  0.05