Variable | CMV shedding in saliva and/or urine | P-value | Saliva viral load | P-valuea | Urine viral load | P-valueb | IgG antibody | P-value | Low IgG avidity | P-value | IgG titers-1(GMT)c | P-value | ||
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Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |||||||||||
Group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Children | 17% (28/161) |  | 1.6 × 107 | 1.6 × 105 |  | 1.1 × 105 | 9.6 × 104 | 0.37d | 31% (50/161) |  | 18% (7/40) |  | 224 |  |
Mothers | 19% (6/32) | 0.83 | 6.1 × 103 | 4.9 × 103 | <0.001 | - | - | <0.001 e | 91% (29/32) | f | 10% (3/29) | 0.50 | 464 | 0.002 |
CMV IgG avidity (all) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 60% (6/10) |  | 1.6 × 106 | 2.5 × 106 |  | - | - |  | - |  | - |  | 136 |  |
High or intermediate | 39% (23/59) | 0.30 | 4.4 × 104 | 1.2 × 104 | 0.02 | - | - | NA | - | NA | - | NA | 353 | 0.005 |
CMV shedders (children only) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | - | Â | - | - | Â | - | - | Â | 19% (25/133) | Â | 12% (2/17) | Â | 321 | Â |
Yes | - | NA | - | - | NA | - | - | NA | 89% (25/28) | <0.001 | 23% (5/23) | 0.68 | 290 | 0.68 |
Day care attendance (children only) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never | 9% (9/98) |  | 5.9 × 106 | 3.7 × 105 |  | 1.4 × 105 | 1.1 × 105 |  | 27% (26/98) |  | 21% (4/19) |  | 192 |  |
Ever | 30% (19/64) | <0.001 | 2.1 × 107 | 1.6 × 105 | 0.63 | 8.9 × 104 | 6.5 × 104 | 0.38 | 38% (24/63) | 0.06 | 14% (3/21) | 0.69 | 258 | 0.35 |