Table 3 Association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and antibody titers to human herpes virus (HHV6) and epstein-barr virus (EBV)

HHV6

• HHV6 titer: <1.1

103

14 (23.7%)

89 (37.7%)

• HHV6 titer: 1.1-2.3

144

27 (45.8%)

117 (49.6%)

1.38 (0.74-2.66)

• HHV6 titer: >2.3

48

18 (30.5%)

30 (12.7%)

2.76 (1.42-5.36)

EBV

• EBV titer: 0–200 U/ml

144

21 (35.6%)

123 (52.1%)

• EBV titer: ≥200 U/ml

151

38 (64.4%)

113 (47.9%)

1.73 (1.04-2.91)

HHV6 and EBV

• HHV6 titer <1.1 and EBV titer 0-200

127

15 (25.4%)

112 (47.5%)

• HHV6 titer 1.1-2.3 and EBV titer > =200 or HHV6 titer >2.3 and EBV titer 0-200

137

32 (54.2%)

105 (44.5%)

2.28 (1.1-4.7)

• HHV6 titer >2.3 and EBV titer > =200

31

12 (20.4%)

19 (8.0%)

3.28 (1.57-6.49)