Seropositivity rate of historical control populations
| Group . | CMV seropositivity rate . | OR or OS . | Reference . | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 . | Group 2 . | |||
| Personnel providing services to disabled children | Before exposure to mentally retarded children | Seronegative persons converting in 1 y | — | De Schryver et al15 |
| Educators (n = 283) | 15.9% | 1.03% | — | — |
| Nurses (n = 294) | 18.4% | 1.42% | — | — |
| Kindergarten employees | ||||
| Teachers/administrators (n = 494) | Childless women: 16.4% | ≥ 1 child at home: 33.7% | Raising children: 2.25 | Kiss et al16 |
| Kindergarten teacher: 1.54 | ||||
| Couples receiving artificial insemination (n = 433) | Women in couples: 37% | Men in couples: 31% | No effect of age on seropositivity rate | Greenhalgh et al17 |
| Health care workers caring for: | Sobaszek et al18 | |||
| Pediatric inpatients (n = 283) | 44.5% | — | — | — |
| Immunosuppressed adults (n = 117) | 43.6% | — | — | — |
| Home child care providers (n = 132) | Overall baseline rate: 57.6% | Annual seroconversion rate: 6.8% | Caring for child < 2 y: 2.37 | Bale et al19 |
| Cared for child <2 y: 67% | Employed > 6 y: 3.27 | |||
| Cared for child >2 y: 46% | ||||
| Japanese pregnant women (n = 573) | Aged < 25 y: 67.7% | Aged > 40 y: 85.7% | — | Nishimura et al20 |
| Men attending STD clinic (n = 430) | Heterosexual: 42% | Homosexual: 80% | — | Berry et al21 |
| Homosexual men living in San Francisco (n = 1123) | 96% | — | — | Dylewski et al22 |
| HIV+/−adolescents | HIV+ females: 78.5% | HIV−females: 61.4% | — | Holland et al23 |
| HIV+ males: 79.7% | HIV− males: 50% | |||
| German case-control subjects | Rothenbacher et al24 | |||
| Subjects with CAD (n = 312) | 54.5% | — | — | — |
| Blood donors (n = 479) | 49.9% | — | — | — |
| Renal transplantation recipients (n = 47 146) | Age > 60 y: 80% | Blacks: 71% | — | Hirata et al25 |
| Asians: 80% | Whites: 56% | |||
| BMT recipients from unrelated donor (n = 125) | 60.8% | — | OS at 3 years: | Kroger et al26 |
| CMV+ pts: 29% | ||||
| CMV− pts: 70% | ||||
| Group . | CMV seropositivity rate . | OR or OS . | Reference . | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 . | Group 2 . | |||
| Personnel providing services to disabled children | Before exposure to mentally retarded children | Seronegative persons converting in 1 y | — | De Schryver et al15 |
| Educators (n = 283) | 15.9% | 1.03% | — | — |
| Nurses (n = 294) | 18.4% | 1.42% | — | — |
| Kindergarten employees | ||||
| Teachers/administrators (n = 494) | Childless women: 16.4% | ≥ 1 child at home: 33.7% | Raising children: 2.25 | Kiss et al16 |
| Kindergarten teacher: 1.54 | ||||
| Couples receiving artificial insemination (n = 433) | Women in couples: 37% | Men in couples: 31% | No effect of age on seropositivity rate | Greenhalgh et al17 |
| Health care workers caring for: | Sobaszek et al18 | |||
| Pediatric inpatients (n = 283) | 44.5% | — | — | — |
| Immunosuppressed adults (n = 117) | 43.6% | — | — | — |
| Home child care providers (n = 132) | Overall baseline rate: 57.6% | Annual seroconversion rate: 6.8% | Caring for child < 2 y: 2.37 | Bale et al19 |
| Cared for child <2 y: 67% | Employed > 6 y: 3.27 | |||
| Cared for child >2 y: 46% | ||||
| Japanese pregnant women (n = 573) | Aged < 25 y: 67.7% | Aged > 40 y: 85.7% | — | Nishimura et al20 |
| Men attending STD clinic (n = 430) | Heterosexual: 42% | Homosexual: 80% | — | Berry et al21 |
| Homosexual men living in San Francisco (n = 1123) | 96% | — | — | Dylewski et al22 |
| HIV+/−adolescents | HIV+ females: 78.5% | HIV−females: 61.4% | — | Holland et al23 |
| HIV+ males: 79.7% | HIV− males: 50% | |||
| German case-control subjects | Rothenbacher et al24 | |||
| Subjects with CAD (n = 312) | 54.5% | — | — | — |
| Blood donors (n = 479) | 49.9% | — | — | — |
| Renal transplantation recipients (n = 47 146) | Age > 60 y: 80% | Blacks: 71% | — | Hirata et al25 |
| Asians: 80% | Whites: 56% | |||
| BMT recipients from unrelated donor (n = 125) | 60.8% | — | OS at 3 years: | Kroger et al26 |
| CMV+ pts: 29% | ||||
| CMV− pts: 70% | ||||
OR, odds ratio; OS, overall survival; STD, sexually transmitted disease; BMT, bone marrow transplant; CAD, coronary artery disease; and pts, patients. — indicates not applicable.