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Table 3 Patient characteristics

From: Long-term maintenance of diphtheria-specific antibodies after booster vaccination is hampered by latent infection with Cytomegalovirus

 

CMV-negative

CMV-positive

p

n (%)

39 (44.8%)

48 (55.2%)

-

age (median, range)

71 (66–92)

71 (67–89)

0.777a

female (%)

24 (61.5%)

25(50.0%)

0.282b

BMI (median, range)

24.8 (19.5–37.3)

26.1 (16–34.2)

0.155a

  1. aMann-Whitney-U test or
  2. bPearson Chi-square test was used to determine differences between CMV-negative and CMV-positive groups